OWC Mac Pro SATA Optical Drive Installation Manual
Mac Pro
SATA Optical Drive
Installation Manual
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Thank you for purchasing the Other World Computing Mac Pro
Serial ATA Optical Kit! This guide will walk you through the installation process step by step and get you up and running using your
new optical drive quickly.
Installation of the optical drive is straightforward but does contain
some dicult procedures. We highly recommend you thoroughly read
through this manual before beginning the installation to avoid any surprises along the way.
ATTENTION!
You will be working in
close proximity to static
sensitive components. Take
precautions to not build up
static electricity.
You will need the following tools to perform this installation:
• A Phillips P1 Screwdriver
• A Phillips P0 Screwdriver
• You may need a thin pair of needlenose pliers, or a pair of hemostats,
depending on your Mac Pro and it’s time of manufacture.
Bring your Mac Pro up to a desktop level so you can work on it. You’ll be
leaving it in an upright position for this installation, but you won’t want
to be on the oor to do this job.
This manual is broken into 3 parts.
• If you own a Mac Pro 667MHz system made between August, 2006
and January, 2008, turn to page #3
• If you own a Mac Pro 800MHz system made after January, 2008,
turn to page #12
• The installation of the optical drive is the same for both of these
models. That portion of the assembly guide begins on page #16
TABLE OF CONTENTS: PAGE #
Mac Pro 667MHz Installation 3
Mac Pro 800MHz Installation 12
Optical Drive Installation (All Models) 15
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Begin by removing the side door on your Mac Pro.
On the lower right, nd the memory bay.
Mac Pro 667MHz - Cable Installation
Remove the 2 memory riser cards, exposing the 2 Phillips screws shown here.
Remove the 2 Phillips screws. They are long and extend through the logic board and
into the back of the computer.
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At the bottom of the memory bay, there are 2 more Phillips screws. They are a smaller
head than the ones inside the memory bay that you just removed. Use a Phillips #0
screwdriver to remove the screws.
There is one problem. On many machines, the screws were improperly installed. Instead of using loctite on the screw stando, Apple used loctite on the screws themselves, into the standos - without loctite on the standos that thread into the Mac
Pro’s chassis.
This means, when you try and remove the screws, the standos themselves that the
screws are screwed into turn. You may need to use a very thin pair of needlenose pliers, hemostats, or even a thin at blade screwdriver to hold the hex-shaped stando
tight, while you loosen the Phillips screws.
A photo of this task being made look easy, at least if your screws are not improperly
installed as described above. Try and not strip the Phillips screw heads.
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