[G4] new hard drive issue

[John Wilson]

I had the same problem. I put a 200 GB HD in an AcomData FW case and only 128 gig shows. I contacted AcomData to see if I needed a firmware upgrade or something and here's their reply:

"Hello,
  
 In regards to your question, unfortunately the external hdd chassis 
 you have DOES NOT SUPPORT the Upgrade hdd you are referring too 
 because of the Chipset the PC Board uses.  The Max is only 120 GB. 
   
 If you need to purchase the 'Enclosure', I know for now AcomData Does 
 Not Sell Part(s) Individually, but you can try calling the number 
 below and talk to one of our Sales Rep."

Turns out that newer model FW enclosures have a chipset that can properly handle drives up to 250 gig and are advertised as such. Cheapest I've found are the Triumph cases. Google to find 'em for around $35 plus shipping. John Wilson


On Friday, June 11, 2004, at 05:18AM, Richard Kriss <kriss at qsl.net> wrote:

>Please post how you SOLVED the program. I have new Seagate 200 GB internal
>that shows up as 128 GB. I was under the WRONG impression that any external
>firewire case would works.
>
>Dick  
>
>> From: Robert Hazelrigg <robzilla at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: new hard drive issue
>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:03:23 -0400
>> 
>> I have a 400Mhz Sawtooth and I just got a 200Gig hard drive. the
>> problem is the hard drive is olny reading in my system as having
>> 128gig. I've got the drive in an external firewire case.