[G4] G4 Power Supply

[Luke Rademacher]

Very good idea... but that DOES NOT SOLVE the Power problem.

So good idea as you can always take out the SATA HD's for a newer  
machine.

Good Luck

Luke Rademacher
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On Sep 22, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Eric Smith wrote:

> Luke Rademacher wrote:
>
>> FWIW, if you want more HD space why not add externally? External  
>> HD's often have their own power and attach via FireWire.
>
> But Firewire (or USB) drives are still slower than internal ones.
> Even ATA/66 is faster, and adding a SATA drive and controller card
> would be waaay faster. I'd advise replacing the internal ATA drives,
> which are subject to the 128GB size limitation, with a big SATA drive
> or two.
>
> E