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sleon · 03-17-2006, 12:53 PM

I have an old Snap 2000 with 60GB and I believe version 3.x of the OS. However, I can't confirm that, because at least one drive is bad and the snap won't hold a configuration, nor will it let me reconfigure it.

I've scanned the various threads here. Various hints are scattered here, there, somewhere else. I'd like to collect all the instructions in one thread -- here, please. And, I'm convinced I need to crack open the case, rip out the drives, and install new drives.

So, here are my questions:

1. Exactly how do I pry open the hardshell? There are no screws. I've tried wedging a screwdriver, but don't want to break some flange or damage some circuit board. And I'm not an expert at Rubik's cube.

2. What is the max capacity/largest drive I can install? I've seen references to 120, 133 as the limits, but some black-diamond experts appear to have installed 300+?

3. What type drives? Recommended makers and models?

4. What OS version and/or upgrades do I need? And, since the current snap maker seems uninterested in making these available, where do we get these OS versions and upgrades?

5. What else do I need to know and/or do? I'm not interested in the secret of life (I figured that out already -- get up in the morning, go to work, eat dinner, kiss the wife, play with the kid, walk the dog, go to bed, start all over again). I just want to save the snap from becoming a doorstop.

In advance, thanks.

03-17-2006, 12:53 PM	#1
sleon Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tx Posts: 2	help me hack into, upgrade Snap 2000 I have an old Snap 2000 with 60GB and I believe version 3.x of the OS. However, I can't confirm that, because at least one drive is bad and the snap won't hold a configuration, nor will it let me reconfigure it. I've scanned the various threads here. Various hints are scattered here, there, somewhere else. I'd like to collect all the instructions in one thread -- here, please. And, I'm convinced I need to crack open the case, rip out the drives, and install new drives. So, here are my questions: 1. Exactly how do I pry open the hardshell? There are no screws. I've tried wedging a screwdriver, but don't want to break some flange or damage some circuit board. And I'm not an expert at Rubik's cube. 2. What is the max capacity/largest drive I can install? I've seen references to 120, 133 as the limits, but some black-diamond experts appear to have installed 300+? 3. What type drives? Recommended makers and models? 4. What OS version and/or upgrades do I need? And, since the current snap maker seems uninterested in making these available, where do we get these OS versions and upgrades? 5. What else do I need to know and/or do? I'm not interested in the secret of life (I figured that out already -- get up in the morning, go to work, eat dinner, kiss the wife, play with the kid, walk the dog, go to bed, start all over again). I just want to save the snap from becoming a doorstop. In advance, thanks.