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tomra · Apr 12, 2002, 02:44 AM

Hi.

I`m intending to replace one of my ATA drives in my G4 Yikes ( got the original 10mb and a second 40mb).

Question is....can i just drop by the local "PC - store" to pick one up or are the drives used " mac - only " and " PC - only "?

Thanks.
Tom.

Paul S · Apr 12, 2002, 09:06 AM

You can get any ATA drive and it will work. They are not Mac or PC specific.

Don't worry about speed either. Your Yikes has a ATA/33 bus, but ATA/66 /100 or /133 will work just fine. They automatically slow down to the bus speed.

If you don't have a Zip drive, you can also put a drive in that bay. It's an even slower connection, but for another 10GBs of space for the heck of it, it works fine. I would put the newer and likely faster drive on the main bus and move the smallest/slowest one to the Zip bay.

tomra · Apr 12, 2002, 10:11 AM

Hi.

Thanks for your reply and thanks for the tip about the zip bay too

Sounds like a suiteable place for my 10gig.

Tom.

Paul S · Apr 12, 2002, 10:25 AM

No problem. I forgot to mention that if you put a drive in the Zip bay, make sure you set the jumpers to slave. The CD bay above is set to Master.