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[Brian Conner]

Phil,

Actually ATA6 is the correct answer. 
 
http://www.allensmith.net/Storage/HDDlimit/ATA.htm

ATA100 is a different matter altogether, and doesn't determine how large a
disk is recognized.


Brian Conner


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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 2:06 AM
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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
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> 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

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