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More info?)
"Hoff Hoffman" <hoffman@hp.nospam> wrote in message
news:jTk4e.2956$P4.1576@news.cpqcorp.net...
> In article <00c4e.24005$C7.491@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Wanda Too"
> <gnomey73@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> :...I can't get the cover off a Compaq Deskpro 6000 & was hoping someone
> :in here might be able to give me instructions? ...
>
> The DeskPro 6000 has a desktop and a minitower variant.
It's the desktop.
> I will assume the box does not have a padlock on the back -- at
> least some of these boxes had a security bracket. If so, well,
> circumventing the lock is going to be your problem, as permitted
> by the owner of the system and (if different) of the lock.
There wasn't anything that looked like a standard padlock, however there was
a screw thingy that had some plastic bits. Excuse the lack of lingo my
computer vocabulary is pretty limited. I work with computers but as a
draftsperson, not a computer tech.
> The desktop model has two cover releases located on the sides of
> the enclosure, toward the rear. To disengage the cover latch,
> pull these two latches directly forward toward the front of the
> system. When the latches are disengaged, pull the rear edge of
> the top cover upward, and pivot it upwards and eventually also
> out of the lip located along the front top edge of the box.
This computer has something like what you're describing, but they seem to be
buttons rather than latches & are located at the front of the unit. There is
no room to slide them either forward or backwards. I've tried pushing them
in, but have no luck, although I have noticed that only one of them locks,
or is stuck, in once it's pushed where as the other pops out again straight
away.
I appreciate your help but perhaps it's time to call the secondhand dealer I
bought it off. They did have the cover off while I was in the shop so it's
obviously possible. I would have done this initially but it's a bit
difficult because of the hours I work. *sigh* I'll get there.
Thanks!
> The minitower has three thumbscrews oriented vertically along the
> right side of the rear of the enclosure. Unscrew all three, and
> side the side cover straight back.
>
> The installation is the reverse of the process, obviously.
>
> There look to be some manuals available:
>
> http://www.hp.com/
> support and troubleshooting
> desktops and workstations
> desktop PCs
> Compaq DeskPro PCs
> Compaq DeskPro 6000
> Manuals
>
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