How to upgrade the optical drive from your Powermac G4 Quicksilver 2001/2002

In this intructable i will show you how to upgrade the ODD and other things from your Powermac G4 Quicksilver 2001/2002.

That will only take you a few minutes and it is also recommended for users who aren't so good in upgrading computers.

These steps are nearly the same when you wanna upgrade your older Powermac G4 like the Graphite models. In this case you don't take the drive out like in this instructable you slide it out of the front.

Step 1 Open it up

First you have to open your Quicksilver. Simply grab the round latch, pull and open the door.

Comments

[hack124x768]

You mention that PowerMac G4 towers use atx PSUs. That is FALSE. They are rather similar and can be hacked to work, but simply plugging in an atx supply will likely cause damage.

http://www.outofspec.com/frankenmac/wire.shtml

[lemonie]

This is pretty-much the same as How to upgrade the Optical Drive of your Apple Macintosh Powermac G4 Graphite
Why have you created a new Instructable, rather than modifying the previous one?

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[FixedHDD]

hmmm i decidet to do a new instructable because the way you upgrade the ODD from these two macs isn't the same. You know, there are a lot of people out there who wanna upgrade their Quicksilver and get helped by an instruction of the upgrade from a G4 Graphite. We call these people "Duemmster anzunehmender User" - DAU for short

[lemonie]

So you're asserting that the Graphite and Quicksilver are so significantly different that the require separate Instructables? I wouldn't know, but they look pretty-much the same to me. Even if they aren't I would have thought that the two could be combined into one. The "Grab the round latch" bit at least is common to both. L

[FixedHDD]

hmmmm ok, ill do it

[lemonie]

I see. It just seemed more appropriate and gives you a chance to point out the differences between the two designs. L