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swap HD's from B&W G3 to a G4?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: usa
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i was wondering if i take the HD from my B&W G3 and put it into my G4, will it work? I tried this once going from a beige G3 to my existing B&W G3 and it wouldnt work so i was just wondering.......
thanks!
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"The only time that man gets to actually leave a physical mark upon this earth is in death, and even then, it is only a gravestone proclaiming his demise"
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bay Area, CA
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I'm going to be moving my SCSI drive over to my 733 g4 this weekend.
I've had no problems with doing that sort of thing. A hard drive is a hard drive is a hard drive, after all.
I did, admittedly, have problems installing a new ATA hard drive into my g3 a few years ago. For some bizarre reason, I put the hd's of three different companies in, and none of them would mount. However, a year later I did the same thing and it worked fine.
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Now I know, and knowing is half the battle!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: If I tellz ya, then I gotsta killz ya !
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re: >>>A hard drive is a hard drive is a hard drive, after all <<<<
Physically.....yes
mechanically......yes
interface.....NO
Assumming that the poster's drive is a standard ATA unit, then there will be no problems whatsoever in moving it to a G4.
scsi OTOH, may present some problems, especially with OS X, as scsi support has been steadily declining as each new version comes out.....But with an Adaptec scsi controller, it should be ok, since Apple includes drivers within the OS for several of their cards.....
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2000
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If it's just an ATA hard drive, it'll work fine, providing you set the jumpers accordingly.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Should be fine. I recently took the HD our of a Sawtooth G4 and put it in a B&W G3. It boots and works great.
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Mac Pro 2x 2.66 GHz Dual core, Apple TV 160GB, two Windows XP PCs
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: usa
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yep, it is up and running right now 
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