[G4] Max size hard drive Quicksilver 2002

Mel mkrewall at mac.com
Fri Apr 11 13:57:03 PDT 2003


The Quicksilver 2002 (I have one, too) uses an ATA-66 bus which will 
recognize a maximum of 120GB. If you want a larger drive than that you 
will need to install an ATA-133 card.
Mel

On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 10:39 AM, Melissa Crowe wrote:

>
> Hello All!
> Since receiving my new Refurbished G4 Dual 1 Gig Quicksilver 2002 I 
> have had numerous kernel crashes, power cuts, finder lockups, etc. but 
> after reformatting & reinstalling the system software four times & 
> four phonecalls to AppleCare support, swapping out RAM (it seems that 
> my latest 512 stick from Coast to Coast may be bad??) thiings seem to 
> be running smoothly. I am a bit nervous about having had to repair the 
> hard disk with Disk First Aid three times...but maybe everything's 
> o.k. right now...
>
> Anyway, my question is, what is the largest hard disk (gigs) this 
> PowerMac will recognize? I'd like to add another 7200 RPM internal 
> drive.
> Thanks,
> Melissa
>
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