[G4] Power Mac G4 Hard Drive installation info request

[Pat Smith]

The model number for the Seagate drive , I think, is ST3500630A

kd

On Oct 9, 2007, at 10:47 AM, John Niven wrote:

> Cecil,
>
> I took a look at that eBay item. I still don't know
> what the model number of the SEAGATE Barracuda hard
> drive is. You should be able to read it off the label.
>
> Really I think you bought the wrong thing since it has
> a 50 pin converter, which is obviously intended for
> the retro crowd (not much of a crowd these days)
> running really old SCSI based Macs (BTW I do that
> also: have a Quadra 950 or two :-).
>
> If you really want to use this drive to it's maximum
> then you should go back to the eBay seller and ask him
> if you could swap your 50pin converter for a 68pin
> one. Then you have to start looking for a suitable PCI
> card, cable and terminator.
>
> John
>
> --- "cecilhal at netzero.net" <cecilhal at netzero.net>
> wrote:
>
>> John, appreciate your response.  Here is the drive
>> info you asked for.
>
>> Later today I
>> will take close-ups of the SCSI drive/adapter.  Item
>> number: 170143286944
>> Cecil
>
>
>
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