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

[Ronnie Day]

I put the drives in enclosures from Other World Computing and
connected them using the MoBo FW800 connection and a three (external)
port FW800 PCI card. OWC offers external cases for both IDE and SATA
drives. The external cases use power supplies that plug into AC power
independently of the computer or monitor.

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Bruce Ryan Nakamura <galilao at lava.net> 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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-- 
Ron