Apple Powerbook G4 hard drive replacement

This video is the result of me having to replace a dead hard drive for a G4 and realizing there aren't nearly as many videos showing the process.

I know it's not the "perfect" demonstration setup, not even close - ideally I'd have a top-down view with the camera mounted on the ceiling, but at least you see EVERY step of the replacement visually, all the way to OSX installation. I'm a visual person so just reading about what needed to be done wasn't giving me a clear idea of how much work it would take.

I hope it helps at least one person out there to have a better idea of what they are getting themselves into :-)

Lastly I must mention http://www.ifixit.com/ because had it not been for THEIR helpful guide and website I doubt I would have been able to do this nearly as smoothly. Mad props to them for their wonderful step-by-step guides (with pictures)!

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• apple
• powerbook
• g4
• harddrive
• hard
• drive
• replacement
• Macbook
• Pro
• nickdotvr

[keykeyx10000]

Stop apologizing, you did a great job!

[nickdotvr]

@keykeyx10000 Thank you!

[ShadowMantis9]

Thank you for posting this, it really came in handy!

[nickdotvr]

@ShadowMantis9 I'm very happy that it did and to this day amazed how much interest there is in a simple video that was only meant to give people a general idea of how much work they are getting into - I'm making a follow-up one with more details around each step soon. Meanwhile thanks for watching and very glad to have helped!

[JesusCanon]

I just did all of this... got the new drive in all well but I can't get the OS DVD disc in the drive. Strangest thing! I've tried all the boot / key combos to eject anything in case there is anything in there.... but nothing comes out and I can't get the original DVD in. nickdotvr: after you installed the drive, did you just put the OS disc in at boot-up?

[nickdotvr]

Yes, holding down the option key it gave me an option to boot from it, then I went to disk utility and formatted the new drive as one partition and proceeded to install OSX on it.

[adreanjean]

I installed the hard drive, but now the computer will not power up. Any suggestions?

[mattsvids1]

i didnt enjoy the music where do i go now??

[seriesdetv]

I have A g4 ant put a used nof formated hdd and now the mac do not see my hdd the question some can help to know wath hapen? thanks

[NY152A]

Too fast...I have got some headache from watching this. Thanks anyway..It's still helpful.

[Armoredlamb]

@JessicaA39 The extra ram will help a lot. the better HDD will help, but not as much as the ram

[Armoredlamb]

I was going to pull out the HDD to see whats on in (got a broken one without a power cord), but I think i'll just wait until i have a cord 2morrow. lol

[MZax1101]

Good work

Were did u get your tools ?

[rickytrix]

what type of hard rive PATA or ide? i want to install a SSD but it looks when i do research it shows me that it has to be PATA SSD 2.5 is that correct ?

[weinerschnitzelboy]

@leenevin2 Processor speed doesn't make the housing different. It should be the same. Unless the placement of the screws is different it should work.

[leitao1996]

thank you so much! this is like the only video i found that made sense.... thanks so much! i am now on my mac!