[G4] Power Mac G4 Hard Drive installation info request

[John Niven]

I think there is some confusion between two different
threads!

I was trying to address Cecils problems of fitting a
50GB SCSI drive he bought from eBay into an AGP, while
you where addressing another question about fitting a
500Gb ATA/100 drive into a QS(?). The second is very
straightforward (just do it), the first is much
harder.

Oh dear! Hope that makes it clear. We still don't know
what model drive Cecil actually has.

John

--- Pat Smith <patorkd at suddenlink.net> wrote:

> I'm sorry John; I'm not technically savvy enough to
> recognize the  
> problem you seem to see with the drive being "500Gb
> and ATA/100."
> Is there a compatibility issue, or worse?
> 
> kd
> 
> 
> On Oct 9, 2007, at 11:24 AM, John Niven wrote:
> 
> > Definitely NOT that drive. That drive is 500Gb and
> > ATA/100.
> >
> > John
> > --- Pat Smith <patorkd at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> 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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