How do I unlock the hard drive bays in Mac Pro Early 2008

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How do I unlock the hard drive bays in Mac Pro Early 2008

This morning I opened up my MacPro to replace one of the four hard drives. The drawer was very stiff, and I started playing with the grey tab above the bay. Next thing I knew, there was an orange color showing next to all the handles for all the bays. I'm assumning I somehow have locked them, but there is no info online of how to unlock.

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Mar 30, 2014 10:45 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 30, 2014 10:51 AM in response to Allen Birnbach

They lock and unlock with the door release handle on the back of the Mac.

If you leave it in the UP position required to remove the door, all should remain unlocked.

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Answer 2

Mar 30, 2014 11:08 AM in response to Allen Birnbach

Too easy. Obviously a coincidence that I must have pushed the door release handle at the same time as the grey bay handle and attributed the issue to it instead of the door latch.

Thanks so much.

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