[Rodster]

Hey guys when my eMac G4 1.25/40gig/768ram is out of warranty I plan on changing out the HD. What is the max storage my eMac can handle? What type of drives does the eMac use i.e. Western Digital or Maxtor?

Thanks!

[sine -''-..-]

I be moving this thread. It be more fitting for the eMac forurm... as its not really modding anything, its more an upgrade/standard usage subject. ARRRR, matey.

[Krusty]

eMac 1.25s can use the largest drives available (300- 400 gigs). Just make sure to get a regular ATA drive and not SATA . Brand is irrelevant ... any will work. I recommend Seagate -- not the fastest, but pretty fast, quiet, cool running, and reliable.

[yikes600]

^^What Krusty said. I'd like to throw in a good note for Western Digital too. I've had good luck with WD and Seagate.

[Rodster]

Thanks guys !

[odd]

Does anyone know if there is there room inside the emac for a second hard drive?

[Rodster]

Originally posted by odd:
Does anyone know if there is there room inside the emac for a second hard drive?

I've taken apart my old G3 iMac and it only had enough room for 1 hard drive. I've seen tear down pics of an eMac and from the pics, it's the same as the old iMac's.

[mitchell_pgh]

That being said, you could naturally pick up a Firewire HD although it's not as clean as an internal drive...

You can get a great deal when you buy the FW enclosure and the HD separate.

[Luca Rescigno]

However, upgrading the internal hard drive would be a very good thing since your eMac's 40 GB drive is only a 5400 RPM. Upgrade to a new 7200 RPM drive with an 8 MB cache and you'll see a noticeable, if not major, increase in overall speed.

The eMac doesn't have room for two internal hard drives. You may theoretically be able to fit a second one if you remove the optical drive, but you don't want to do that do you? You could always get a Firewire enclosure to put your older drive into once you make the switch.

[Grrr]

Definitely no room in there for extra drives.