[X4U] Older G4 desktop - and large format drives

[JeepXJ]

you can buy ATA Hi-Cap driver and then it takes the limit out.

http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.shtml


Just installed a 300 gig on my QS 00
OtherWorldComputing (macsales.com) sells it cheaper than oem if you  
buy the drive from them.

Read the instructions/warnings very carefully though.
no problems at all, they do recommend partitioning it in case you  
have problems but i have other drives to boot from.

Robb
  Too many macs to count
Started with the 128k





On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:07 AM, revDAVE wrote:

> On 11/14/2006 10:04 AM, "Michael Winter" <winter at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:52 AM, revDAVE wrote:
>>
>>> What is the largest size ATA100 drive that is safe to put into an
>>> older G4
>>> desktop (g4 450 - not yosemite)?
>>
>> 120 GB.
>>
>>> - I believe it has something to do with the internal controller
>>> card and how
>>> large of the drive it will allow...
>>
>> Its a problem with the BootROM (though I thought it was the
>> controller too). I plugged a separate controller card into my G4 and
>> hook larger drives up to it -seems to work fine, can even boot  
>> from it.
>>
>>> Also -  I imagine with the proper external case ( that says it can
>>> format
>>> 300-400 gigabytes) -  that the same drive could be properly
>>> formatted and
>>> run on this older computer - is this true?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> For more info, see "Macintosh: Using 128 GB or Larger ATA Hard  
>> Drives"
>> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178>
>>
>
> Thanks for the quick and helpful response!
>
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