[G4] Adding HD capacity..

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> Hi Folks,
> I've added a number of firewire drives to my G4s. I just ran into an odd
> problem. I just pulled the drive from a laCie Firewire 40GB package and
> installed a 250GB ATA Maxtor.  My problem, I hit the 137GB barrier. Is there
> any way to change how a firewire(400) reads an external drive to overcome
> this?
> TIA
>
> --
> Steve Jensen
> Photo Dynamik

I had the same problem with an internal drive in a  AGP (Sawtooth), amd the guys
at www.intechusa.com managed to solve it for me.
However, it could also be a problem with the chip of firewire enclosure - if it
is ATA-5, I don't think there is anything that you can do.

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