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SillyMe · Jul 21, 2003, 07:01 PM

Are there any limitations to adding a 200-300GB IDE hard drive (non-serial ata) to a PowerMac G3 300Mhz box?

Wanna double check before I plop my $ down.

Thanks!

jtc · Jul 21, 2003, 07:06 PM

You will only be able to use the first 137 gigs of the drive.

SillyMe · Jul 21, 2003, 07:13 PM

Ugh... is that a hardware limitation or a limitation in the OS?

The box has Jaguar on it, and all in all, it runs really well.

-SM

jtc · Jul 21, 2003, 08:12 PM

It's a hardware limitation. You could get an ata133 controller or any other controller that has 48 bit addressing.

MilkmanDan · Jul 21, 2003, 10:47 PM

Western Digital gives you an ATA Card with each 200 gig HD. I bought a 200 from Dell.com and I was happily surprised with a free ATA card. I've yet to try it out under 10.2 on my beige server. Some stuff I read on xlr8yourmac.com is giveing me hope.

Long story short, if you have a free PCI slot, you may be in luck.