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I'm thinking about completely upgrading my 350 B/W G3 with the works-upgrade ZIF g4, more RAM, new GFX card, and bigger HDD. Can anyone tell me what a good internal HDD would be to use on my machine?
HDD for G3 B/W
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Where did the rev. 1's start? MHz-wise?
I have a B&W G3 350 Rev 1 DVD at home. added an internal maxtor Diamond Plus 30 GB 7200rpm as master and original 6GB 5400rpm hd is now slave.
No problem up to now. (10 months running)
10.x is realy faster on the 7200 rpm. Add 512 Ram and everything will fly !
Regards
Happy barty
No problem up to now. (10 months running)
10.x is realy faster on the 7200 rpm. Add 512 Ram and everything will fly !
Regards
Happy barty
Have you tried to run the HD Corruption test program (http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/software/HDcorruption_test.sit) .. try it with a 2048 mb. file, and 4-5 read passes, and please post your results...
I'm currently running mine from a 4.5 gb SCSI-W
btw.. if you have a dual drive mounting frame... it's a revision 2
I'm currently running mine from a 4.5 gb SCSI-W
btw.. if you have a dual drive mounting frame... it's a revision 2
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Thanks a lot. I'll get a nice 7200 30 Gig....plus all the other junk i talked about earlier.....now...where can i get it cheap.....
scruffy
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Dual drive mounting frame, what's that look like? I could use one, my two drives, side by side, are really fiddly to work with, the cable is way too stretched between them.
Isn't the heatsink on the rev 2 G3s also different - the fins are two different lengths or something, otherwise the case wouldn't close, I think.
Isn't the heatsink on the rev 2 G3s also different - the fins are two different lengths or something, otherwise the case wouldn't close, I think.
You can see the dual frame here
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/newfeatures.html
Why dont you just do like i do .. (provided of course you dont use SCSI disks!.. they're way to hot!) ... I just mount the master driver in the frame, and put the slave drive on top of it .. no screws or anything.. I guess it only works if you're not planning on moving your box around a lot!
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/newfeatures.html
Why dont you just do like i do .. (provided of course you dont use SCSI disks!.. they're way to hot!) ... I just mount the master driver in the frame, and put the slave drive on top of it .. no screws or anything.. I guess it only works if you're not planning on moving your box around a lot!
Are you using an ATA66 cable or an ATA33 cable (the 33 cable has 40 pins.. and the 66 cable has slightly more than that.. can remember how many!)
Originally posted by TheBarty
I have a B&W G3 350 Rev 1 DVD at home. added an internal maxtor Diamond Plus 30 GB 7200rpm as master and original 6GB 5400rpm hd is now slave.
No problem up to now. (10 months running)
10.x is realy faster on the 7200 rpm. Add 512 Ram and everything will fly !
Regards
Happy barty
Based on the comments in this thread, and on the drive compability database at xlr8youmac.com, i went out and bought myself a 7200rpm ATA133 maxtor 60gb (DX-740) today, along with a new ATA100 cable.
And guess what.. it actually works.. no corruption at all! ..
I have the drive as master, with no slave attached (since a slave would slow the master down to whatever max. speed it has) ..
I'm attaching my results from dctest, running a 5 x read test of 2047 mb 5 times..
And guess what.. it actually works.. no corruption at all! ..
I have the drive as master, with no slave attached (since a slave would slow the master down to whatever max. speed it has) ..
I'm attaching my results from dctest, running a 5 x read test of 2047 mb 5 times..