[G4] Where to put a 3rd hard drive?

John Baltutis baltwo at san.rr.com
Wed Jun 1 11:56:09 PDT 2005


On 06/01/05, Crandon David <tabdave at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I have a DP500 Gigabit Ethernet G4.
>
> I already have two hard drives attached to the same bus.
>
> I'd like to add a 3rd, and from what I understand it would be connected
> to the same bus as the DVD-ROM drive. Is this correct?
>
> Does the DVD-ROM drive already have a cable that will connect two
> drives (like the main hard drive cable) or do I have to get a new
> cable? And do I have to do the master-slave thing (this computer does
> not support cable select)?

Setting up your PM G4 describes it well
<http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/PowerMacG4_GigEthernetSetup.PDF>. Pg 64
states that if you want more than two HDs, you'll need a SCSI PCI card, etc.


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