[G4] 2002 Quicksilver - adding second hard drive

[sr ferenczy]

get an ata 133 card. without it i do believe only 137 GB of the 
harddrive will be recognized. the OEM ata 66 ide connections in the QS 
G4s do not support 48 bit addressing and therefore do not support 
drives over 137 GB.

sandor

On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 05:19  PM, jrs wrote:

> I was in need of additional hard drive space on my 2002 quicksilver 
> machine (966mhz-60gb-ATA66) so I purchased an ATA 100 200gb 7200 
> western digital from Dealmac for 179 after rebate. I plan on adding 
> the 200gb drive to a second bay. Does anyone have any suggestions or 
> ideas on things to watch for or precautions I should take as I go 
> through the process of adding the drive or setting up for future use? 
> Ultimately, I want to get my machine back in business burning DVD's 
> and now that I have the space (or will have in the next few days) I 
> want to get it right the first time. Thanks much!
>
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