[G4] Upgrading a Sawtooth

[M Hood]

You're confusing drive spindle speed (the rate at which the drive platters
spin) with IDE (ATA) bus speed. It doesn't matter if you put a 5400RPM drive
or a 7200RPM drive in...the motherboard can't tell the difference. It just
sees a drive. Now, for ATA66/100/133, the motherboard can tell the
difference in those. That is the speed at which data is transferred. I think
you'd want at least an ATA66, but you can use a faster drive, but the
machine won't take advantage of the extra speed. It'll just cost extra.
(maybe).

mark


----- Original Message -----
From: <lavode at attbi.com>

> My last question (for now) is regarding the hard drive.  Does anyone know
what
> the specs are for it?  When I upgraded my wife's iMac, I learned that her
> computer ran on an IDE 5400 rpm.  I would want to make sure I get at least
the
> same speed hard drive.  What is the maximum speed the Sawtooth mobo can
use?
>
> Thanks!
> -Lavode