[G4] Internal Hard Drive compatibility for AGP

JayB FromJay at joimail.com
Mon Jan 8 13:57:00 PST 2007


Thanks Brian!

-Jay


On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:00 PM, B G wrote:

> If you are still looking for a drive I saw this ad in the paper  
> yesterday
>
> Office Depot
> Maxtor® L01P100 100GB Internal ATA Hard Drive, 7200 RPM
> SAVE $50
> 	
> $29.99
> After $50 Mail-In Savings
> ( In Store Price $79.99)
> thru Jan 13
>
> Brian
>
> G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM
>
> On Jan 3, 2007, at 1:51 PM, JayB wrote:
>
>> I've looked back through 6 mos of archive and read the specs at  
>> 'lowendmac.com' but still don't feel l have confidence in knowing  
>> what I can buy to upgrade the internal drives in my G4/500 AGP  
>> (upgraded to an Sonnet ST 1ghtz).  It has factory 2x18 Ultra2  
>> SCSI / Dual card drives.
>>
>> My question is- can I buy pretty much any IDE drive to replace one  
>> or both the internals?  I know about the 128mb max.  But I just  
>> want to upgrade (cheaply) to larger drives without suffering speed  
>> (I thought the 7200 ultras were supposed to be the fastest).   
>> Specific suggestions and sources would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Also, are airport cards for older g4s like mine available?  (since  
>> I have a wireless router already in use for my laptop).
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> ~Jay
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