The bay is a standard 5.25 in bay so all you have to do is get a 5.25 inch
harddrive mounting bracket, scrwe it to the slide for the 5.25in bay slide
her in with the proprietary connector and wallah scsi HD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Clifford [mailto:sclifford@erols.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 1998 4:03 PM
> To: Ryan Ordway
> Cc: BloodWolf
> Subject: Re: (off-topic) 630 CD
>
>
> >
> >	This is a little off-topic, but I'm curious as to what type of CD
> >drive comes with the P630/Q630. The machine I have doesn't have
> one, and I
> >am pondering putting my external drive into it, but I didn't know how it
> >connected. Does it want a SCSI CD drive or an IDE? I'm assuming
> there is a
> >connector and powerplug for it... I've not been inside my Quadra much
> >since it's running all the time, so I don't even know how to get
> TO the CD
> >compartment ;-)
> >
>
> 	While I was trying to put the innards of an external SCSI hard disk
> into my Q630 I got to know these idiosyncracies of the design
> quite well...
> You can get into the front bay by popping the front plastic cover off -
> there's two tabs on the bottom off the sticking out part of the front.
> However this is useless as you can't get to the back of the drive bay. For
> this you need to rip the whole machine apart - to eventually get the top
> metal cover sheet off. This involved unscrewing every screw I could find
> (at the back), and the prising all the plastic covers off the sides and
> top. I went about it quite roughly and snapped the retaining tabs
> but I can
> still put it all back together, although not quite as sturdily as before.
> This will leave you in a pile of siding, metal and plastic, screws and
> assorted unidentifiable PlasticBits(tm).
>
> 	The connector for the CD ROM is SCSI - standard 50 pin plus power
> connector. However it's set into a composite chunk of plastic that
> prevented me from connecting to my HD. The plugs and sockets lined up
> perfectly, but the numerous PlasticChunks(tm) got in the way. While trying
> to remove some of them I snapped the whole thing apart. Before I
> could toss
> the machine out of the window the external case for the HD became
> available
> so I was saved. Perhaps a SCSI cable extender + power cable extender would
> have worked, or some wizardry with ribbon cables...
>
> 	Also I'm not sure how easy it would be to secure a drive in the
> bay. It's a big bay. Heatproof tape...?
>
> 	Simon Clifford
>
>