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| I just noticed something for the first time | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2017-06-04 11:54:45 I had just noticed something for the first time while working on a couple of se/30s... Can you notice it too? And then here comes the age-old question.. why? I'll give you a clue. It is not the floppy Drive...  | |
| Posted by: Themk on 2017-06-04 12:11:23 Hmm, I don't think I'm getting it... unless it's the fact that three drive cages are stacked on top of each other? | |
| Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2017-06-04 12:56:35 Different HD sleds? | |
| Posted by: ScutBoy on 2017-06-04 13:11:46 Placement of the HD mounting screws... | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2017-06-04 16:05:34 Yep HD sleds and bolt patterns are different, but both are in SE/30s. I have never seen a compact mac with a different sled! Any thoughts? I have 3 SE/30s, and I am getting together 2 of them to sell and I just found that kinda peculiar. | |
| Posted by: unity on 2017-06-04 16:32:33 The miniscribe had its own pattern if I recall and the standard drive that same to be did not fit it well. When Apple started to move to other brand drives, a different more universal sled was needed. Or if the end user upgraded, a different sled was needed for proper fitment. | |
| Posted by: Themk on 2017-06-04 17:02:10 Well I was way off, but that's okay! I think the different sleds have to do with Miniscribe vs other HDD brands. Just for reference, both my SE and my SE/30 have the topmost HDD sled. | |
| Posted by: techknight on 2017-06-04 17:09:26 yea, funny thing is I have never seen that top sled. its always been the bottom one. Even with the quantum drives in them (upside down of course). Go figure. 😉 | |
Posted by: Themk on 2017-06-04 17:10:43😉Yup, I meant to say bottom most sled. OOPSIE | |
| Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2017-06-04 18:14:28 I've got one of each handy, dunno which is from which machine. Just checked, I thought he one with the LED was from the SE, but it has a 2MB Sony FDD and the two slot cage has a Sony MP-51FW-23, so I had it mixed up. I think 2 slot/4 slot probably works better than top/bottom/whichever way it is in the IP pic. | |
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