Hello all...I have a 5,1 model 2010 Mac Pro, and I'm trying to add a couple of hard drives to it. The drives are from external drives that I tore down. They look like typical SATA drives and are Western Digital Caviar series 3.5".
They mount on the sleds fine, and slide in, but don't seat into the connectors. almost as if there's a misalignment.
Any insights?
Mac Pro, macOS 10.13
There should be rubber washer under each captive shoulder screw on the sled. Mine are gray in color. You want them "just snug". If they wanted you to crank on them, they would not have made them puny Phillips screws, like #0 -- they would have made them Allen-head screws or Torx screws.
There should be rubber washer under each captive shoulder screw on the sled. Mine are gray in color. You want them "just snug". If they wanted you to crank on them, they would not have made them puny Phillips screws, like #0 -- they would have made them Allen-head screws or Torx screws.
It needs to be mounted on the sled to look like this:
Note how far it protrudes out the front, and that the gold fingers are up and to the left.
On drives over about 6TB, they sometimes reduced the depth of the screw-holes, and this can keep the screws from bottoming, and the washers from getting slightly compressed. Unless all the washers are compressed equally, the drive will not hang evenly and the connector will not line up perfectly.
Ok that did clear things up a bit. I got me to looking aTm round and I found another pair of sleds hidden away, and I didn’t realize that they’re not universal. The sleds I was trying were shorter with no washers. When I tried the others it worked. Thanks!!
Thanks, that's how I have them mounted...and the drives are a 1TB and 2TB drive. The screws tightened down and did not bottom out. I will double check the washers compression
I have sometimes accidentally not mounted the sled properly in the hanger slots. If one side is not completely captured, this can also cause mis-alignment.
"I will double check the washers compression"
You shouldn't be using any washers at all, that may be what's causing your alignment problems.
Hope it helps!
-Geotrax
I didn’t add any washers, I assumed from the other comment that there were some I didn’t notice on the sled
Could those others be from the early series? 2006 thru 2008 series? they are different, and the spacing of the drive on the sled will look different.
Probably so, I’ve had several of these towers over the years. The only visible difference I can see is the length and the washers
2010 Mac Pro hard drive not seating
