Installing a Hard Drive
The Power Mac G5 has three internal drive bays: one optical drive bay and two hard drive bays. In most configurations, a single hard drive occupies the top hard drive bay and an optical drive is located in the front optical drive bay.
You can add a Serial ATA disk drive to the empty slot in the hard drive bay. The drives must meet these specifications:
Type: Serial ATA
Form Factor (disk size): 3.5 inch
Width: 3.9 inches (102 mm)
Depth: 5.7 inches (147 mm)
Height: 1.0 inch
NOTE
Use the original Apple cables that came with the Macintosh when you install ATA or optical drives.
The following installation process is extremely simple. It assumes you have already removed the Power Mac G5 computer's access panel and grounded ...
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