[G4] G4 350 Yikes Hard Drive...

[Michael McCracken]

Thanks everyone for your input...Very helpful stuff.

On Saturday, January 31, 2004, at 08:51 AM, Lavode wrote:

> On Saturday, January 31, 2004, at 08:09  AM, Michael McCracken wrote:
>
>> I am looking to add more hard drive space to my G4 350 Yikes machine. 
>>  I had heard rumor of there being an upper limit to the size the 
>> system will recognize.  Is that true?
>
> Yes.
>
>>  What size is it?
>
> 128 GB.  Anything over that, and your computer will just recognize it 
> as a 128 GB drive.  You can get around this limitation by buying a PCI 
> ATA controller, at least ATA100.  Then the sky's the limit.
>
>> Any recommendations on hard drives?
>
> I recommend anything that comes with a Mac Compatible PCI Controller 
> card in the box with the Hard Drive.  (Do any of them?)  Otherwise, 
> you'll be shelling out the dough to buy one ($100+).  Personally, I 
> would recommend watching the sales at your local CompUSA for rebates 
> that lower the price of the drive to $.50/GB or lower, and replace the 
> drives you have with 120 GB drives in your Yikes.  If you still need 
> the room, you can add firewire enclosures for your old drives, or you 
> can buy a large capacity drive and controller card.  Dunno about 
> brands, but Maxtor makes pretty good stuff.
>
> HTH,
> -Lavode
>
>
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