[G4] Internal Hard Drive over 120 GB

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Sun May 4 18:30:51 PDT 2003


For the definitive word on HD sizes, see
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178>

On 5/4/03, CJ Scaminaci <halogenius at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I've never heard of that...I'm sure a 180 GB would work fine.Maybe they
> are just saying that because their operating system may not support
> drives over 120GB. Just an idea..
>
> On Saturday, May 3, 2003, at 11:13 PM, Glenn Peterson wrote:
>
>>  I have a G4 PowerMac DP 533 and have been told by the Apple Genius at
>> our local store and Apple Care as well that I can only use a 120 GB hard
>> drive max for an internal drive.  As I can get a 180 GB drive for the same
>> price I'd rather use that one.  Has anyone been able to use an internal HD
>> bigger then 120 GB by using a PCI IDE controller?  I was told by someone
>> else that by using that it would allow me to install and use the bigger
>>drive.



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