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Will this hard drive work?
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Forgive my ignorance. I have a 400mhz TiBook. Will a Seagate drive with Ultra ATA/100 hard drive work? I assume it's the same as IDE, but I don't like to assume anymore.
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Tom
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Thanks!! I appreciate the quick reply. You guys rock as usual. 
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It will work as long as the drive it under 137GB. If it's over, you can only use the first 128GiB.
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Why does it have to be a certain size? Thanks!
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Originally Posted by dmo
Why does it have to be a certain size? Thanks!
Your computer uses an older IDE controller that isn't designed to "see" anything more than 128 GB. If you buy a larger hard drive, it will only show up as 128 GB.
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Originally Posted by mduell
It will work as long as the drive it under 137GB. If it's over, you can only use the first 128GiB.
How "new" does a TiBook have to be to be able to use a larger hard drive? I have a 3 1/2 year old 1 GHz TiBook, and am thinking of upgrading to a 160GB drive - would it work for this 'Book?
iBorg
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Originally Posted by iBorg
How "new" does a TiBook have to be to be able to use a larger hard drive? I have a 3 1/2 year old 1 GHz TiBook, and am thinking of upgrading to a 160GB drive - would it work for this 'Book?
iBorg
I doubt any TiBook has a LBA48 capable controller. I don't think even some of the PowerMacs at them time of the TiBook had LBA48 capable controllers.
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What about an Aluminium 1.67mhz 15"? Same deal?
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Searching xlr8yourmac.com there are reports from 5 users, including Aluminum PowerBooks, and from a 1 GHz Titanium Book user (like me) who report the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB working fine.
Anyone here have experience in upgrading to this?
iBorg
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