[G4] G4 MDD drive capacity question

[john]

my 2tb sata drive uses 670ma... less than a lightbulb.  knock on wood 
anyway of course.  In comparison, one of my older 600mb drives on the 
shelf uses 2.2 amps.  one hundredth the storage using 3 times the 
power.(roughly?  bad at math in my old age but good enough for gov work. )

Johnny

On 6/12/11 11:28 AM, Ronnie Day wrote:
> The G3s and, maybe early G4s, had a 130 gig HD limit due (I think) to 
> controller limits on the mobo. The MDDs could handle any capacity. 
> There are a couple of issues, though. The first is the lack of 
> availability of IDE drives these days. It's easy to get around that by 
> using an SATA/PCI card, provided you have an open slot for the PCI 
> card, of course.
>
> The second issue, the relatively small capacity power supply, is more 
> of a problem, IMO. I've killed three power supplies putting 4 HDs and 
> two optical drives in Dual 1.42/G4s. The problem is even worse if you 
> hang one of the earlier Cinema Displays (with the ADC video & power 
> combo connector) off of the OEM video card since the display then 
> draws its power through the computer.
>
> The 350 watt or so supply is just too small for all of that stuff. 
> There is a guy in Austin (TX) selling rebuilt power supplies for $109, 
> exchange on eBay.
>
> FWIW,
> Ron
>
>
>     Does the G4 MDD have a drive storage size limitation?  For example
>     500 MB?
>
>     Cordially,
>
>     Scot
>
>
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