[G4] How To Add Card For Big Hard Drive

[Jamie Pruden]

On May 16, 2006, at 7:59 PM, Ron Michael wrote:

> I want to add the card to add a new 250 gig hard drive instead of  
> my current 120 gig primary hard drive. This is the smallest hard  
> drive I've got. Can you point me to site that might have pics and/ 
> or video of how to do this? Also, I'll take recommendations on  
> brand and/or where to buy the card if you've had a good experience  
> with one. I've got a G4 1.25mhz mirror door with OS X 10.3.9 and  
> 1.25 of ram.
> Thanks.
> Ron in Memphis

Hi Ron,

You don't have to buy a separate card for your MDD machine... they  
can use any hard drives on the market that are parallel ATA drives  
(not SATA or serial ATA.)

In fact, your MDD machine can take up to 3 additional hard drives  
with no extra hardware. Just install the drives in the cages and hook  
them up to power and the ribbon cables and you're ready to go.

smiles,
Jamie