[G4] Re: Hard drive installation problem

[Harry Freeman]

Kenneth ( + )!( + )

To see a Block Diagram and Buses of the MDD see:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/ 
Macintosh_CPUs-G4/PowerMacG4Sept02/2Architecture/ 
chapter_3_section_2.html
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On Nov 24, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Kenneth Smith wrote:

> Tom;
>
> I'm afraid I never saw any installation info to indicate a Serial ATA  
> card was necessary to install the new drive.  The new Serial ATA drive  
> works wonderfully so far, it is the other two original drives that are  
> now showing that only part of their 180 GB capacity is available.
>
> Kenneth
>
> On Nov 24, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net wrote:
>
>>> The new drive is not SCSI ( Link to Drive:  
>>> http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST3750640A/ ).
>>> My G4 simply came with the two ATA drives in the rear
>>> tray, then I added the new ATA drive in the front tray.
>>
>> Well, could that be your problem? It's a serial ATA! Do you have an  
>> SATA card installed?
>>
>> Also, I think that "front tray" interface is slower than the "rear  
>> tray". When you buy faster ATA drives, your system performance might  
>> be better if you keep the system files on the faster interface.
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