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my 2tb sata drive uses 670ma... less than a lightbulb. knock on
wood anyway of course. In comparison, one of my older 600mb drives
on the shelf uses 2.2 amps. one hundredth the storage using 3 times
the power.(roughly? bad at math in my old age but good enough for
gov work. ) <br>
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Johnny<br>
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On 6/12/11 11:28 AM, Ronnie Day wrote:
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cite="mid:BANLkTimFQkY+c4Dkby4PQBN3T5np+HBBtQ@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">The G3s and, maybe early G4s, had a 130 gig HD limit
due (I think) to controller limits on the mobo. The MDDs could
handle any capacity. There are a couple of issues, though. The
first is the lack of availability of IDE drives these days. It's
easy to get around that by using an SATA/PCI card, provided you
have an open slot for the PCI card, of course.
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<div>The second issue, the relatively small capacity power supply,
is more of a problem, IMO. I've killed three power supplies
putting 4 HDs and two optical drives in Dual 1.42/G4s. The
problem is even worse if you hang one of the earlier Cinema
Displays (with the ADC video & power combo connector) off of
the OEM video card since the display then draws its power
through the computer.</div>
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<div>The 350 watt or so supply is just too small for all of that
stuff. There is a guy in Austin (TX) selling rebuilt power
supplies for $109, exchange on eBay.</div>
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<div>FWIW,</div>
<div>Ron</div>
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Does the G4 MDD have a drive storage size limitation? For
example 500 MB?<br>
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Cordially,<br>
<br>
Scot<br>
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