Xserve G5 Cd Drive Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Very easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          5 minutes            

Sections

1

• CD/DVD drive
• 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              CD/DVD drive               

• Here’s my dead Xserve G5. I need a new power supply for it. So he will serve for the demo.

Here’s my dead Xserve G5. I need a new power supply for it. So he will serve for the demo.

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Step 2

• Unscrew the two screws.

Unscrew the two screws.

Step 3

• Remove the top of the server. You will have something like this.

Remove the top of the server. You will have something like this.

Step 4

• Hello little CD drive ! It’s retirement time !

Hello little CD drive ! It’s retirement time !

Step 5

• Disconnect the cable.
• Push the little metal thing to the left to unsecure the CD drive.

Disconnect the cable.

Push the little metal thing to the left to unsecure the CD drive.

Step 6

• Push the drive
• Pull the drive.
• And finally, take the drive !

Push the drive

Pull the drive.

And finally, take the drive !

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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subscriber - Oct 29, 2016

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Great explanation!

alphaLONE - Nov 2, 2016

Thanks for the input! I sadly don’t have the blade anymore and can’t make other, more detailed guides about other components, but I’m still impressed people liked this one.