Will this work in my G4 desktop?

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Post #228,214 by tuberculosis 10/5/05 4:18:23 PM Reply	Will this work in my G4 desktop? I have one of these: [link\|http://www.andovercg.com/Desktop/Apple/Apple-Power_Mac_G4-10370.shtml\|http://www.andovercg...ac_G4-10370.shtml] with a hard drive that's really hurting for space. I just found this: [link\|http://www.compusa.com/adproducts/product_info.asp?product_code=309209&pfp=ADPRODUCTS\|http://www.compusa.c...09&pfp=ADPRODUCTS] and am wondering if its likely to work as a replacement main disk drive (internal)? What would the gotchas be? The last time I understood hard drive interfaces was when scsi was the usual thing. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #228,229 by Steve Lowe 10/5/05 5:04:55 PM 10/5/05 6:20:14 PM Reply	Dang, that's a good price As long as the damn mail-in rebate shows up. I upgraded my son's G3 iMac from its standard 6g drive to a 20g a couple years ago without issue. I think you'll need to know 2 things: does the drive controller support ATA-100 and does it support a drive with that capacity. edit: fixed tense -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu] Edited by Steve Lowe Oct. 5, 2005, 06:20:14 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #228,231 by SpiceWare 10/5/05 5:09:11 PM 10/5/05 5:12:32 PM Reply	you'll hit the 128 GB limit need to get a PCI IDE controller card to run a drive > 128 GB. Mac controller cards are pricy. Will a 120 GB drive work for you? Apparently another option is to put the > 128 GB drive in an external case and connect it via firewire. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore Edited by SpiceWare Oct. 5, 2005, 05:12:32 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #228,234 by tjsinclair 10/5/05 5:11:22 PM Reply	My own experience I have a circa-2000 G4 desktop and when my internal SCSI drives blew, I decided to try IDE drives since they seemed to be a better deal per megabyte. At any rate, the G4 has an internal IDE bus so hooking up the drive shouldn't be an issue. One caveat, though, is that the IDE address bus on mine (and presumably yours) can only address 128 GB of disk space. I got around this, however, by downloading and installing [link\|http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.shtml\| this driver]. This lets you use drives over 128 GB. (No single partition can be greater than 128 GB, though.) Read over the FAQ before you get it, though, to make sure this will work for you. I'm currently using a 300 GB IDE drive with this and haven't had a problem. Tom Sinclair "You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here."
Post #228,241 by tuberculosis 10/5/05 5:53:15 PM Reply	That sounds like the ticket I don't much care if its partitioned as multiple volumes as long as I can use all the space. Its mostly a file/web/music server anyhow. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #228,251 by tjsinclair 10/5/05 6:24:07 PM Reply	I'm pretty pleased so far The 300 GB drive has Tiger on it (for DV and burning ISOs) and since I had an extra slot I slapped in an 80 GB drive to dual boot Debian. Tom Sinclair Zo\ufffd: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause\ufffd I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. [As the ship begins to shake, Mal calmly leaves.] Mal: Well, [if] that happens, let me know.
Post #228,253 by SpiceWare 10/5/05 6:25:24 PM Reply	Slick - hadn't seen that before. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

Will this work in my G4 desktop? - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Oct. 5, 2005, 04:18:23 PM EDT

Dang, that's a good price - (Steve Lowe) - Oct. 5, 2005, 06:20:14 PM EDT

you'll hit the 128 GB limit - (SpiceWare) - Oct. 5, 2005, 05:12:32 PM EDT

My own experience - (tjsinclair) - (3) - Oct. 5, 2005, 05:11:22 PM EDT

That sounds like the ticket - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2005, 05:53:15 PM EDT

I'm pretty pleased so far - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 5, 2005, 06:24:07 PM EDT

Slick - hadn't seen that before. -NT - (SpiceWare) - Oct. 5, 2005, 06:25:24 PM EDT

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