[G4] (no subject)

[Robar J Philip]

On Jul 24, 2004, at 7:30 PM, Brian Conner wrote:

> You'll probably need to add an ATA controller card (PCI card) that has 
> ATA6
> busses. This has been posted here a number of times, and should be in 
> the
> archives. The archives _are_ available, aren't they?
>
>
> Brian Conner
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Power Macintosh G4 List [mailto:G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On
> Behalf Of allen goforth
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:23 AM
> To: Power Macintosh G4 List
> Subject: [G4] (no subject)
>
> Help my G4 only sees 128 GB of my 180 GB hard drive.

Actually he needs an ATA 100 or better hard disk controller.

Brian,

The problem is that your Mac has an ATA 66 or older IDE hard disk 
controller. It only supports HDs up to 128 GB. You have a few options:

1) Buy a driver from Intech (http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.shtml, 
$25). Draw backs: it supports large drives, but it's recommended that 
the drive be partitioned such that no single partition is larger than 
128 MBs.

2) Buy a new disk controller for $75-$100. Advantage: use any partition 
size you want. MacSales is a good place to get one: 
http://www.macsales.com. Note, the controller must be for a Mac. The PC 
version of the same card that costs 20-40% of the price of the Mac 
version will not work in your Mac.

3) Put the drive in a FireWire case. Disadvantage: FireWire 400 has 
only 66-75% of the performance of a direct IDE connection 
(http://www.barefeats.com/fire35.html). Note that FireWire 800 matches 
the performance of a direct IDE connection.

4) USB 2.0 is an option, but it has only 66% of the performance of 
FireWire 400.


Phil