[MacDV] anyone know why with a g5 dual 1.8 a 200gig hard drive still only shows as a 137gig?

[MA501Guy at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/05 10:20:40 PM, markf at squareblue.com writes:


> That's just the difference between the built-in internal ATA drive
> controller on your old G4 and the ATA-FireWire bridge in the FireWire
> drive case.  Almost all current FireWire cases support the ATA/133 spec
> and can handle even the biggest hard drives available today, where the
> ATA/66 controller in your old G4 could only handle drives up to 137 GB.
> 
> You probably just need a better FireWire case. (and maybe not make the
> subject line of the e-mail the first part of the post -- I just now
> realized that)
> 
> Or just use a second SATA (Serial ATA) drive in the second drive bay
> (unless that's full already or you need the portability).
> 
> Anyway...
> 
> - Mark
> 
> 

WOW, thanks much.
that was EXACTLY the problem, the old firewire enclosure was not capable of 
reading the full hard drive capacity, so I went out and bought a newer one.
REALLY APPRECIATE all the feedback I got on this newsgroup!
you guys RULE.
Alan
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