[G4] 1.25 MDD Hard Drive Replacement?

[Ronnie Day]

> Thanks, Ron.  Are you suggesting no internal hard drives, only external via
> FW 800?  Is there a downside to this?  That is, do I want to have one
> internal HD or can I do this without any internal hard drives in the MDD?
>
> I like the idea of limiting the load on the power supply by using drives
> externally with their own power supplies.  Anything that will help me avoid
> this problem again is most welcome.

That's correct, no internal HDs. If you run either an eSATA or FW PCI
card (OWC has both) you just connect to the card. I bought twp of OWCs
Elite AL enclosures and put the drives from my Dual 1.42 into them.
These were IDE drives but they offer the same box for SATAs. I flashed
the enclosures to "see" the drives individually and they mount on my
MacBook or either Mini in the house just fine. I also have a 750 SATA
in Newer Technology's Mini-Stack III enclosure. This matches the Mini
form factor and is actually a great hub vbecause it has FW 400 & 800,
USB and (IIRC) eSATA ports. However they are more expensive than the
straight ahead external enclouses.

Ron