Has anyone figured out how to open the newer WD Mybook cases. I picked one up at Best Buy. I paid $130 for a 500 GB. I want to put that drive in my Mac, then put a smaller drive in the Mybook. The case appears solid. I Googled on how to open the case, they are referring to an older Mybook that has a screw that you take open and then pop open the case. The new cases do not appear to have that screw. Any ideas?
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Opening WD Mybook Case
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here's one: http://rebootdaily.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-open-western-digital-my-book.html
not sure if that's the one you found though. I have read it's pretty hard to put the new drive back in.
not sure if that's the one you found though. I have read it's pretty hard to put the new drive back in.
I think WD changed this style. I scrapped down and do not see a screw. All the indentations look the same. Every post and picture of how to do this shows a painted sticker that you scrap off. This one, model: WD50001032-001 does not seem to have screw. However, in that same corner it seems that a screw of some kind is holding the thing together. I will keep scrapping away to see if I can see a screw.
I actually had to figure this out for myself recently, and i got it switched out, but now I refer to it as my Fugly external, cuz it don't go back together nice.
I'll describe this as if i'm taking a book apart as that seems the easiest analogy. The first step was to remove the stiff rubber from what would be the part near the "spine" of the book. I then put a small screwdriver between the "cover" and the "pages" and worked it around popping apart little plastic fasteners that run the entire length of the drive. if you've ever opened an ipod it is similar.
Once you've got the two parts popped apart, then you can pull the "cover" off the pages by sliding the "pages" directly away from the "spine." At this point you should be looking at the guts attached to the "pages" frame, and the cover can be set aside. Now, getting the drive out will involve popping off the sata and power connectors, and then you'll have to grab a screw driver and start dismantling the internals.
Once you get the old drive out just reverse the process. It won't look pretty at the end, these things aren't designed to be opened up, but it will work just fine.
however, you follow the above instructions at your own risk.
I'll describe this as if i'm taking a book apart as that seems the easiest analogy. The first step was to remove the stiff rubber from what would be the part near the "spine" of the book. I then put a small screwdriver between the "cover" and the "pages" and worked it around popping apart little plastic fasteners that run the entire length of the drive. if you've ever opened an ipod it is similar.
Once you've got the two parts popped apart, then you can pull the "cover" off the pages by sliding the "pages" directly away from the "spine." At this point you should be looking at the guts attached to the "pages" frame, and the cover can be set aside. Now, getting the drive out will involve popping off the sata and power connectors, and then you'll have to grab a screw driver and start dismantling the internals.
Once you get the old drive out just reverse the process. It won't look pretty at the end, these things aren't designed to be opened up, but it will work just fine.
however, you follow the above instructions at your own risk.