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PowerMac G4 Cube hard disk upgrade
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solaris
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Jul 18, 2004, 12:49 PM
 
Hi all,

I have just got my cube (eBay) and was wondering about an HDD upgrade. Can the cube's ATA/66 bus take an ATA/133 disk? I was thinking of getting a Samsung SpinPoint P80 (120GB/8MB) which is an ATA/133.

From what I've read so far from various FAQ's this should be ok, but transfer rates will be limited to 66MB/sec. Is this correct?

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Jul 18, 2004, 01:11 PM
 
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Jul 18, 2004, 05:21 PM
 
I've never heard of the samsung drive, but when I had my cube I found the seagate barracuda and quiet.

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Jul 18, 2004, 05:25 PM
 
Make sure you have some torx drivers, as that's how the cube's hdd is held in place.
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Jul 20, 2004, 02:40 PM
 
The Samsung drive is installed and working fine. It's VERY quiet. I used Torx T8 to unscrew the heatsink and a T9 to move the plastic runner from the original drive to the replacement.

I also maxed out the RAM to 1.5GB. Now it runs fast and quiet (near silent)

Thanks for the help/advice guys.
     
   
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