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Windows 7 - Anyone familiar with older IBM tower cases?
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| 08-15-2011 | #1 |
| | Anyone familiar with older IBM tower cases? I'm helping setup a computer training lab for a local school. There are some older IBM tower PCs donated by the local government (used). I thought I was familiar with most PC cases, but these are really unusual. I'm trying to remove the hard drive & have noticed that the hard drive mount tilts from inside the case & the drive must slide out of the front of the case! Strange. Anyway, I cannot get the front panel completely off. The top part refuses to budge & I'm afraid I will break it if I try any more. The front cover is not flush with the top of the case. It extends about an inch above & seems to serve as a "handle" to pick it up. I currently don't have the exact model, but it is along the A51 style of cabinet. I have been unable to find directions how to completely remove this front panel through online searches. Any IBM techs out there? This is really embarrassing! Last edited by TBoyd; 08-16-2011 at 08:04 AM.. |
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| 08-15-2011 | #2 |
| | Take the side panel off and look around for a latch of some kind to release it. The old HP I have has one and two other pieces to push aside too. There also may be screws holding it from the inside which may be hard to see. |
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| 08-16-2011 | #3 |
| | Can you post some pictures? even phone camera ones should jog the memory of us older techs. |
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| 08-16-2011 | #4 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by kodi  Can you post some pictures? even phone camera ones should jog the memory of us older techs. Good idea... I should have thought of that! I'll see if I can post some pics sometime later today. |
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| 08-16-2011 | #5 |
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| 08-16-2011 | #6 |
| | Thanks, theog, but the HD is mounted vertically - directly behind the front of the case. I'll get some pics later. |
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| 08-16-2011 | #7 |
| | The picture is from one of the A51 manuals, from Lenovo Support. |
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| 08-17-2011 | #8 |
| | I finally got it off without breaking it. I apologize for no pictures in the beginning, but not necessary now. Sometimes you've just got to leave a problem alone after several attempts & come back the next day with a different approach! |
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| 08-17-2011 | #9 |
| | This reminds me of when I had issues figuring out the case of my old Dell Optiplex GX280. I ended up looking up a PDF manual for it which allowed me to get it open. |
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| 08-18-2011 | #10 |
| | That is good news. |
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Anyone familiar with older IBM tower cases? problems?
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