does anybody know where i can get an internal hard drive for my g4 ???? ive looked everywere on the net for an ata 66 hard drive, but its nowere to be found.
does anybody know where to get a good....
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kenny
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Don't worry to much about getting ATA66... they're gone now. You can run ATA100 drives in the G4 with no problem. I personally have had good experiences with the Maxtor drives, and have 2 of 'em in my G4. The ATA100 drives will down-negotiate to 66. Don't know about the ATA133's, but I'm guessing they would. I have seen mention of a limitation on the Mac to 137GB on the ATA interface, but I don't know the specifics.
Of course, you could go with Firewire instead. I've got the 60GB Maxtor FW drive, which works perfectly. A word to the wise though - if you get the Maxtor FW drive, do not use any of the included software; just plug it in and go.
Good luck!
Of course, you could go with Firewire instead. I've got the 60GB Maxtor FW drive, which works perfectly. A word to the wise though - if you get the Maxtor FW drive, do not use any of the included software; just plug it in and go.
Good luck!
QuackingPenguin
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Ok.
First of all, I suggest ALWAYS using Western Digital Caviar drives. Reliable, and affordable. Don't use a FireWire hdd unless you have no internal bays/ide connections left, it requires an extra power outlet, costs more, due to the case, and takes up extra room. USB is pathetic for even a floppy drive so dont even bother.
Now. as for the 137 Gb limit, it's nothing to do with mac.
ATA as we know it, (ATA-33, 66, 100, 133) is limited to 137Gb per drive. Serial ATA (under development) has a theoretical limit of some stupid amount like 60 000 terabytes. however, the largest ata drive i know of is a Western Digital 130 Gb drive. i somehow doubt you need that much space. if you do, buy a FireWire cd-rw and burn some of you stuff to cd.
First of all, I suggest ALWAYS using Western Digital Caviar drives. Reliable, and affordable. Don't use a FireWire hdd unless you have no internal bays/ide connections left, it requires an extra power outlet, costs more, due to the case, and takes up extra room. USB is pathetic for even a floppy drive so dont even bother.
Now. as for the 137 Gb limit, it's nothing to do with mac.
ATA as we know it, (ATA-33, 66, 100, 133) is limited to 137Gb per drive. Serial ATA (under development) has a theoretical limit of some stupid amount like 60 000 terabytes. however, the largest ata drive i know of is a Western Digital 130 Gb drive. i somehow doubt you need that much space. if you do, buy a FireWire cd-rw and burn some of you stuff to cd.
brown monk
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I, too, would recommend Maxtor drives, especially the Diamond Plus series.
Good luck.
Good luck.