[X4U] Hard drive quandry

[Neil]

Well, in external cases, I think the bridge chip needs to support the  
large drive.  That doesn't seem to be the problem here though, unless  
the original drive worked only because it had a special driver like  
the Intech Hi-cap support.

On Dec 20, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> What system are you using? My stale memory says that some drive  
> limitations were based on the controller and sytem version.  You  
> using a frankenmac g3 or something? Of course having the drives in  
> an external case blows that idea out of the water probably.
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2007, at 9:42 PM, "K. Jerry Smith" <explorerguy at mac.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I've purchased a WD 320GB hard drive that I want to install into a  
>> Maxtor One Touch external case. The original Maxtor drive was  
>> 200GB, so I assumed I wouldn't hit the limitations that affected  
>> earlier drives. However, the case is only recognizing 128GB. I've  
>> fiddled with jumpers, etc., but it's a no-go.
>>
>> Ideas, anyone?

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x4u/attachments/20071220/12c294ff/attachment.html