[G4] Internal Hard Drive over 120 GB?

[Glenn Peterson]

Steve,

    Thanks for the information.  I will check out xlr8yourmac for some more
info.  BTW, they say that great minds think alike you know.

Glenn


On 5/3/03 9:38 PM, "Steve O'Neill" <steveo at omsoft.com> wrote:

> This is amazing, I have been all over researching this *exact* question
> for the last half hour (you asked 20 minutes ago).  And at
> xlr8yourmac.com, I found that over about 128 MB you need the PCI
> controller because the internal one couldn't deal with the larger drive
> size, pretty much as you have described.  And on that web site they
> raved about the WD 180 GB with a PCI controller.  I was just in a store
> and saw a 200 GB WD that came with a controller card.
> 
> 
> 
> Glenn Peterson wrote:
>> All,
>> 
>>     I have a G4 PowerMac DP 533 and have been told by the Apple Genius at
>> our local store and Apple Care as well that I can only use a 120 GB hard
>> drive max for an internal drive.  As I can get a 180 GB drive for the same
>> price I'd rather use that one.  Has anyone been able to use an internal HD
>> bigger then 120 GB by using a PCI IDE controller?  I was told by someone
>> else that by using that it would allow me to install and use the bigger
>> drive.  Thank you.
> 
> 
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