[G4] Spammo_MEDIUM: Re: 1.25 MDD Hard Drive Replacement?

[Bruce Ryan Nakamura]

Hello Ron,

How are the external drives powered, throught Firewire bus or an  
external power supply?

Cordially,

Scot Bruce Nakamura

On Mar 22, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Ronnie Day wrote:

>> jonny
>
>> As part of restoring function to my beloved FW400 MDD, I put the  
>> two 350 MB
>> ATA hard drives in FW enclosures to boot with my old G4 450. That  
>> is how I
>> am getting along until the MDD is back up and running.
>>
>> I would like to look into permanently replacing these two internal  
>> HD's in
>> the MDD when I replace the power supply.
>>
>> SATA drives are, to my limited understanding, fast and the  
>> direction I
>> should be looking.
>>
>> I'll need a SATA card to drive them.  I have one slot open.  Brand
>> suggestion?
>>
>> Any suggestions (or limitations) on jumping into two SATA Hard  
>> Drives?
>>  Seagate 500 MB SATA are $60 apiece, new.  Requesting wisdom. I'm  
>> in this
>> for the long haul.  I love the MDD and if I can keep it running  
>> for another
>> 10 years or longer, then I am happy.  :-)
>>
>
> This past weekend Fry's had Seagate 1 Terabyte SATA bare drives for
> $77. Why not get the most bang for your dollars? I'd get a card from
> Other World Computing along with one or two of their external
> enclosures. If you want to maximize the life of you G4 I'd strongly
> suggest not putting the HDs back inside. As we've all discovered the
> power supply is a definite weak link in this box and you'd be well
> served by doing as much as you can to limit the load on it.
>
> FWIW,
> Ron
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