[G4] The definitive answer on hard drive limits?

Fabian Fang ftf at mac.com
Tue Aug 26 11:29:58 PDT 2008


On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:00 AM, shopdog at mac.com wrote:

> I have a PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics / Sawtooth machine.
>
> Without PCI cards or firmware modifications, etc. as have been  
> discussed in these emails, what happens to the data on a 500GB hard  
> drive if I install the drive into the machine?


Buy Intech HD Speedtools, which includes ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver,  
from OWC for $15 or other vendors, and use your 500-GB to full capacity:
<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Intech%20USA/SPEEDHCCD/>

This is what I did a few years ago for my old Server G4 with several  
large hard drives.


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