[G4] 2002 Quicksilver - adding second hard drive

Mel mkrewall at mac.com
Sat Mar 29 14:49:15 PST 2003


jrs,
I have the same machine, and adding the drive is painless. Screw the 
drive into the holder on top of the current drive, and connect the ATA 
and power cables, which are right there where they need to be. Make 
sure you set the new drive as Slave (assuming the current drive is 
Master) with the jumpers on the drive. If the jumpers are set 
incorrectly the computer will probably not boot (mine didn't), so don't 
panic if that happens. Just open it back up and check your settings. 
Configuration will vary, and the drive should include a diagram to show 
you how to do it. Apple has a PDF document that will help you here: 
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/g4/atadrive.pdf
Mel

On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 04:19 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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