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200 GB hard disk in Cube?
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Is it possible with partitioning? I searched the forums and didn't find anything - I know there were threads about this.
Can I have 2 100GB partitions? I know the Cube does not support >128GB, I could format the hard drive on another Mac.
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Bad idea. The Cube is not designed to handle the heat a drive that large is going to put off. I wouldn't put anything larger than a single platter hard drive in there, and, for my money, the Seagate Barracuda 40 GB has proved terrific.
Whatever you do, good luck.
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Nope, it won't recognize the full capacity AFAIK. It's ATA66 interface is limited to 137 GB.
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Originally posted by awcopus:
Bad idea. The Cube is not designed to handle the heat a drive that large is going to put off. I wouldn't put anything larger than a single platter hard drive in there, and, for my money, the Seagate Barracuda 40 GB has proved terrific.
Actually the larger drives do not necessarily produce more heat (the WDxxxxBB/JB are known to run quite cool, cooler than my DiamondMax 120GB anyway - which still runs all day with zero problems in the Cube for 1.5 years now).
BTW, Apple did always include drives with more than one platter with the Cube.
I was not quite sure about the possibilities with an ATA66 and drives >128GB, but partitions <128GB (this seems to work in some computers ...). Anyway, I'll go with the WD1200JB (120GB), which seems the most suitable drive speed-/temperature-/noise-wise.
Thanks for your advice.
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Last edited by 2far; Feb 19, 2003 at 06:47 AM.
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I didn't think it would work either. I have an 80gig Seagate barracuda IV in mine with a western digital caviar 80gig in a firewire enclosure behind my monitor. I'd love to have all that room and more inside the cube, but since it wouldn't recognize it and whatnot why not put it in a firewire enclosure? lacie has a $1000 5400rpm 500gb firewire drive(s) you might be interested in too. or, for those storage addicts on a "budget" they have the 7200rpm 400gb $900 drive.
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No amount of partitioning will get an ATA66 Apple to recognize all of a 200GB drive. It's a hardware limitation. You need the advanced ATA100 or ATA133 IDE to access more than the 137GB (120GB binary).
Plop a 120 in there and be happy or put it in a FW enclosure that doesn't use a fan.
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