[G4] Spammo_MEDIUM: Re: 1.25 MDD Hard Drive Replacement?

[Harry Freeman]

Aloha Bruce

There are a few very low power drives can can be powered through the  
USB port, usually they are of the 2.5 inch drives that are used in  
laptop computers and usually require a PCI card which will provide the  
energy needed.

Aloha

Harry
San Jose, Ca
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On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Bruce Ryan Nakamura wrote:

> Hello Ron,
>
> How are the external drives powered, throught Firewire bus or an  
> external power supply?
>
> Cordially,
>
> Scot Bruce Nakamura
>
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Ronnie Day wrote:
>
>>> jonny
>>
>>> As part of restoring function to my beloved FW400 MDD, I put the  
>>> two 350 MB
>>> ATA hard drives in FW enclosures to boot with my old G4 450. That  
>>> is how I
>>> am getting along until the MDD is back up and running.
>>>
>>> I would like to look into permanently replacing these two internal  
>>> HD's in
>>> the MDD when I replace the power supply.
>>>
>>> SATA drives are, to my limited understanding, fast and the  
>>> direction I
>>> should be looking.
>>>
>>> I'll need a SATA card to drive them.  I have one slot open.  Brand
>>> suggestion?
>>>
>>> Any suggestions (or limitations) on jumping into two SATA Hard  
>>> Drives?
>>> Seagate 500 MB SATA are $60 apiece, new.  Requesting wisdom. I'm  
>>> in this
>>> for the long haul.  I love the MDD and if I can keep it running  
>>> for another
>>> 10 years or longer, then I am happy.  :-)
>>>
>>
>> This past weekend Fry's had Seagate 1 Terabyte SATA bare drives for
>> $77. Why not get the most bang for your dollars? I'd get a card from
>> Other World Computing along with one or two of their external
>> enclosures. If you want to maximize the life of you G4 I'd strongly
>> suggest not putting the HDs back inside. As we've all discovered the
>> power supply is a definite weak link in this box and you'd be well
>> served by doing as much as you can to limit the load on it.
>>
>> FWIW,
>> Ron
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