Compaq bulging front and vertical hard drives

Any ideas how to disassemble a Compaq Presario
7000CA so as to add a second hard drive? This
desktop was one of those with a bulging blue-edged
front panel (that tips the unit up a couple of degrees
at the front) with the hard drives fitted vertically just
behind the front panel. I see a second bay, but I am
uncertain what to disassemble so as to slide in a
second HD.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Go to the following URL:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...=94350&lang=en

Look at the link for adding or replacing a CD drive and use the same
instructions only use the open 3.5" drive bay.

HH



"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
news:gbjqs8$if9$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> Any ideas how to disassemble a Compaq Presario
> 7000CA so as to add a second hard drive? This
> desktop was one of those with a bulging blue-edged
> front panel (that tips the unit up a couple of degrees
> at the front) with the hard drives fitted vertically just
> behind the front panel. I see a second bay, but I am
> uncertain what to disassemble so as to slide in a
> second HD.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>

> "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
> news:gbjqs8$if9$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> > Any ideas how to disassemble a Compaq Presario
> > 7000CA so as to add a second hard drive? This
> > desktop was one of those with a bulging blue-edged
> > front panel (that tips the unit up a couple of degrees
> > at the front) with the hard drives fitted vertically just
> > behind the front panel. I see a second bay, but I am
> > uncertain what to disassemble so as to slide in a
> > second HD.

"HH" <hahunt42@va.metrocast.net> wrote in message
news:ac-dnUvc4s0YFEDVnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d@metrocastcablevision .com...
> Go to the following URL:
>
>
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...=94350&lang=en
>
> Look at the link for adding or replacing a CD drive and use the same
> instructions only use the open 3.5" drive bay.

Thanks but I have seen this page -- and did not plan to put the
HDD into a CD bay because the data cable seemed probably
not long enough -- but I have not actually measured it yet. Compaq's
installing two HDD bays suggests they expected some users to fill
both. I still do not know why they mounted the HDDs vertically instead
of horizontally. The HP web site offers no clue that I could find.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Uh, I said to use a 3.5" bay, not a 5.25 CD ROM drive bay.

HH


"Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
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>> "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
>> news:gbjqs8$if9$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>> > Any ideas how to disassemble a Compaq Presario
>> > 7000CA so as to add a second hard drive? This
>> > desktop was one of those with a bulging blue-edged
>> > front panel (that tips the unit up a couple of degrees
>> > at the front) with the hard drives fitted vertically just
>> > behind the front panel. I see a second bay, but I am
>> > uncertain what to disassemble so as to slide in a
>> > second HD.
>
> "HH" <hahunt42@va.metrocast.net> wrote in message
> news:ac-dnUvc4s0YFEDVnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d@metrocastcablevision .com...
>> Go to the following URL:
>>
>>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...=94350&lang=en
>>
>> Look at the link for adding or replacing a CD drive and use the same
>> instructions only use the open 3.5" drive bay.
>
> Thanks but I have seen this page -- and did not plan to put the
> HDD into a CD bay because the data cable seemed probably
> not long enough -- but I have not actually measured it yet. Compaq's
> installing two HDD bays suggests they expected some users to fill
> both. I still do not know why they mounted the HDDs vertically instead
> of horizontally. The HP web site offers no clue that I could find.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>

Don Phillipson wrote:

>> "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
>> news:gbjqs8$if9$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>> > Any ideas how to disassemble a Compaq Presario
>> > 7000CA so as to add a second hard drive? This
>> > desktop was one of those with a bulging blue-edged
>> > front panel (that tips the unit up a couple of degrees
>> > at the front) with the hard drives fitted vertically just
>> > behind the front panel. I see a second bay, but I am
>> > uncertain what to disassemble so as to slide in a
>> > second HD.
>
> "HH" <hahunt42@va.metrocast.net> wrote in message
> news:ac-dnUvc4s0YFEDVnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d@metrocastcablevision .com...
>> Go to the following URL:
>>
>>
>
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...=94350&lang=en
>>
>> Look at the link for adding or replacing a CD drive and use the same
>> instructions only use the open 3.5" drive bay.
>
> Thanks but I have seen this page -- and did not plan to put the
> HDD into a CD bay because the data cable seemed probably
> not long enough -- but I have not actually measured it yet. Compaq's
> installing two HDD bays suggests they expected some users to fill
> both. I still do not know why they mounted the HDDs vertically instead
> of horizontally. The HP web site offers no clue that I could find.
>
Does this help?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...&product=94350

> Don Phillipson wrote:
>
>>> "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:gbjqs8$if9$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
>>> > Any ideas how to disassemble a Compaq Presario
>>> > 7000CA so as to add a second hard drive? This
>>> > desktop was one of those with a bulging blue-edged
>>> > front panel (that tips the unit up a couple of degrees
>>> > at the front) with the hard drives fitted vertically just
>>> > behind the front panel. I see a second bay, but I am
>>> > uncertain what to disassemble so as to slide in a
>>> > second HD.

"joe" <none@home.now> wrote in message news:gbl9ho$d2v$1@aioe.org...

> Does this help?
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...&product=94350

Bingo! Thank you so much
DP