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Summary of Contents for OWC Mac Pro SATA Optical Drive
- Page 1 Mac Pro SATA Optical Drive Installation Manual...
- Page 2 Thank you for purchasing the Other World Computing Mac Pro Serial ATA Optical Kit! This guide will walk you through the instal- lation 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 difficult procedures.
- Page 3 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 •...
- Page 4 Mac Pro 667MHz - Cable Installation Begin by removing the side door on your Mac Pro. On the lower right, find the memory bay. Page 3...
- Page 5 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. Page 4...
- Page 6 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. In- stead of using loctite on the screw standoff, Apple used loctite on the screws them- selves, into the standoffs - without loctite on the standoffs that thread into the Mac Pro’s chassis.
- Page 7 Make sure that the locking latch on the back side of the Mac Pro is lifted up. Then, remove all 4 of the drive bays and set them aside. Look inside the PCI Express bay at the top right of the Mac Pro. You’ll need to remove items from this location next.
- Page 8 Using a Phillips P0 screwdriver, loosen the PCI Express cover retaining plate and remove it. There is a tab at the top that the metal plate latches into, you’ll need to unscrew the 2 screws and slide the plate down out of the tab. Once the metal retaining plate is removed, remove the top PCI Express dead plate cover from the top slot as shown.
- Page 9 Remove your PCI Express video card. At the rear of the PCI Express slot, there is a small plastic tab that you need to lift up to unlock the PCI Express card. While doing this, pull gently on the card itself toward you and it will come free. Set the video card aside. Immediately to the left of the PCI slots, at the top of the logic board, you will see this Phillips screw.
- Page 10 Take the memory bay and gently move it to the right, towards the back of the com- puter. You’ll be able to gently shake it and it will pop loose and move just enough to expose a gap between the processor cover and the memory bay as shown. Once the memory bay is moved, you can pull out on the bottom of the processor cover on the bottom right, and gently remove it from the computer.
- Page 11 A view of the processor heatsinks with the cover removed. Some later model Mac Pro systems, especially 8-Core models, have a hidden Phillips screw located a the base of the fan assembly. If it’s there, Unscrew it. Page 10...
- Page 12 Take the L shaped PCI card deadplate you removed on page #7. Starting at the top of the fan shroud, work the short end of the bracket into the gap at the back of the Mac Pro, as shown above. Once the bracket is inserted, you can use it as a hook to help pull the fan assembly out of the Mac Pro.
- Page 13 Mac Pro 800MHz - Cable Installation Begin by removing the side door on your Mac Pro. Make sure that the locking latch on the back right side of the Mac Pro. Then, remove all 4 of the drive bays and set them aside. Page 12...
- Page 14 Immediately to the left of the PCI slots, at the top of the logic board, you will see this Phillips screw. Using a Phillips P0 screwdriver, remove it. Remove the cover over the processors by pulling on it. There are magnets securing the cover in place.
- Page 15 Remove the Phillips screw from the base of the fan assembly, located at the bottom left of the processor heatsinks. Using your right hand, wiggle, tug, and pull the entire fan assembly out of the com- puter. It attaches to the logic board via a connector that you don’t need to worry about disconnecting, it’s a pressure fit.
- Page 16 Optical Drive Installation - All Models Now that you have fully exposed the logic board, look for the 2 SATA ports, circled here. Insert the L shaped SATA cable into the top SATA port on the logic board. Page 15...
- Page 17 Grasp the optical bay with your fingers and pull straight out. The drive carrier may re- quire a bit of shaking to dislodge it from it’s mounts but it will come right out. Discon- nect the power and ATA cables from the back of the existing optical drive and set the carrier on a work surface in front of you.
- Page 18 Start routing the SATA cable that you have already attached to the logic board up through the corner of the optical bay, following the existing wires. Here you see the proper routing of the SATA cable, behind drive tray #1’s logic board connector.
- Page 19 Reinsert the fan module into the computer, sliding it on it’s base track and then rein- serting it’s Phillips screw into the logic board. Take careful note of the location of the red SATA cable in this picture - you will need to make sure that the cable is not behind the mounting bracket when you tighten the screw.
- Page 20 Set the optical drive assembly into the optical drive bay, there are 2 screws that line up onto a track in the bottom of the bay. Carefully route the cabling so that it’s not pinched or disconnected when fitting the carrier into the optical bay. Fully insert it so that it’s flush into the computer again.
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