[G4] G4 Power Supply

[Eric Smith]

Luke Rademacher wrote:
> Very good idea... but that DOES NOT SOLVE the Power problem.

It does if you *replace* the existing drives with SATA drives -
which can be a lot larger than the current drives. Then you
aren't adding any drives.

Apparently he already has the extra ATA drives, though, so
that is not a desirable solution.

Eric S.

> 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
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