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Western Digital Passport 320: How do you Open the Case?
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Western Digital recently updated their 320 GIG Passport 2.5" external drive. The old enclosures came in two pieces. These were easily separated so you can remove the high capacity drive and place it you your laptop. The new enclosure is only one piece. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO OPEN THIS DRIVE ENCLOSURE? I am upgrading my drive to 320gig and I want to reuse the enclosure for my old drive.
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How much did you pay for the new revision?
I'm surprised they continue to be cheaper than the $140 bare drive; I guess it wasn't just cleaning out inventory of the old enclosure.
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Does it void the warranty when you open them?
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Originally Posted by ghostdawg 
Does it void the warranty when you open them?
I would guess it would.
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They're actually quite easy to open.
You'll break off a few plastic retaining tabs but it just makes it easier to open and re-use in the future, say if you send your laptop off for repair and want to put the original drive back in.
Basically, you need a small screw driver and then just prize the edges apart from the middle matte plastic spine, it comes apart kind of like a book. Once you've separated the sides from the middle, pull the sides out gently and the middle part, including the drive will slide out.
Then fold some of the metal back and with a bit of wiggling, the drive and USB I/O board will come out. Take note of which way up the rubber pads are on. Swap the drive, put the rubber antishock pads back on and off you go.
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Last edited by seanc; May 22, 2008 at 03:46 AM.
Reason: removed extra actually)
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Originally Posted by seanc
They're actually quite easy to open actually.
You'll break off a few plastic retaining tabs but it just makes it easier to open and re-use in the future, say if you send your laptop off for repair and want to put the original drive back in.
Basically, you need a small screw driver and then just prize the edges apart from the middle matte plastic spine, it comes apart kind of like a book. Once you've separated the sides from the middle, pull the sides out gently and the middle part, including the drive will slide out.
Then fold some of the metal back and with a bit of wiggling, the drive and USB I/O board will come out. Take note of which way up the rubber pads are on. Swap the drive, put the rubber antishock pads back on and off you go.
Thanks!
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