Internal HD compatibility for MDD/FW800 G4
I'm a newbie to the Mac world and working on my computer so please bear with me.
I've got a dual 1.42GHz MDD/FW800 G4 and I'd like to put a third hard drive in it. According to the manual, the front bay accepts only ATA/66 and SCSI drives. Since ATA/66 drives aren't made anymore, can I just put in an Ultra ATA/100? I figure I'll only get ATA/66 performance out of it but it's probably better and more reliable than buying a used or refurbished ATA/66.
Also, what's the difference between an ATA, Ultra ATA and EIDE Ultra ATA? Are all of those compatible with my G4?
Thanks for all the help.
I've got a dual 1.42GHz MDD/FW800 G4 and I'd like to put a third hard drive in it. According to the manual, the front bay accepts only ATA/66 and SCSI drives. Since ATA/66 drives aren't made anymore, can I just put in an Ultra ATA/100? I figure I'll only get ATA/66 performance out of it but it's probably better and more reliable than buying a used or refurbished ATA/66.
Also, what's the difference between an ATA, Ultra ATA and EIDE Ultra ATA? Are all of those compatible with my G4?
Thanks for all the help.
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Originally posted by EdinLA43
I'm a newbie to the Mac world and working on my computer so please bear with me.
I've got a dual 1.42GHz MDD/FW800 G4 and I'd like to put a third hard drive in it. According to the manual, the front bay accepts only ATA/66 and SCSI drives. Since ATA/66 drives aren't made anymore, can I just put in an Ultra ATA/100? I figure I'll only get ATA/66 performance out of it but it's probably better and more reliable than buying a used or refurbished ATA/66.
Also, what's the difference between an ATA, Ultra ATA and EIDE Ultra ATA? Are all of those compatible with my G4?
Thanks for all the help.
An ATA 100 or an ATA 133 HD will work fine in your computer at the condition that you have acess to an ATA connector. Since you have two HD, connected to the more performant ATA channel, you have only acess to the slave connector of the ATA connector of your optical drive ( i dont think that they are 3 ATA controller in your computer, but i may be wrong). If you have acess to only this connector the performances will be terrible (you should better buy an ATA 133 PCI card controller).
Otherwise you should, just buy an external Firewire HD.
Anyway this question belong to the genius bar
for any drive info, www.xlr8yourmac.com is a great site, all sorts of compatibility info.
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drived....drivedb.lasso