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will a g4 support a third internal HD?
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I have added a second internal HD and want to add a third - but I'm not sure if the g4 will support it.
I can see a spare power input but can't see a third IDE plug.
If I buy another IDE chain that has an additional plug - - will the machine support it?
thanks,
Kent
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Machine ID: 406
Model name: Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
Processor info: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
Machine speed: 400 MHz
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if you get an ultratek pci ide card, you can add four more HDs.
otherwise, you end up using the zip bay.
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Yep, IDE only supports 2 devices, master and slave. If you get a IDE card, they usually come with two IDE busses, for a total of four drives. 
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If you got with putting your drive in the zip bay, buy a cheaper 5400 drive because the IDE I think is slowe,r 66mhz?, not sure how I know this but I remember hearing this.
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The Zip bay is noticeably slower than the main IDE bus, but works fine. I have a drive in there and it's good for additional storage, but I don't edit any video on it or anything like that. If you need speed, get an IDE expansion card.
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My G4 boxen has three drives. I've got two large 7200 rpm drives in
the bottom of the case and in the Zip bay I've got a 10 gig 5400 rpm
ide drive I had lying around that I'm using for auxiliary storage.
Gotta love that case. I also have a fast/wide SCSI card in it (which
runs my CD burner) but I want to hook some large 15000 rpm drives into
it for doing music and video editing.
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To summarize:
4 IDE devices max. If you have an optical drive and 2 HDs then you can add one more device (whether your cable supports it is another issue, but dual-drive IDE cables are cheap & plentiful). If you have a Zip, you're maxed out and a PCI IDE card is your best option. Orrrrrrr, you can get an external Firewire case and pop an IDE drive in that.
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