Makosuke
Dec 13, 2007, 04:51 AM
I'm putting together a server on the cheap, and the one thing I'm missing is a quiet boot drive. I'd buy a new one, except it only supports up to 120GB, so I'm drastically overpaying/GB, and I'd rather not. So... anybody have a quiet 3.5" drive laying around that they don't need? Something from my junk drawer for a drive from yours?
I'm hoping for 80GB, not because I care about the capacity, but because I already have three older 40GB drives--a Samsung, a WD, and an IBM--all of which are very whiny.
Alternately, I'd take a 2.5" drive if it's at least 20GB (I can get an adapter for a few bucks).
I have to trade (or trade+a bit of cash):
-MacAlly USB2.0+FW400 PCI card. 2 ext. FW, 2 ext. USB2 + 1 int. FW and 2 int. USB2, and it has a connector to get extra FW power from a hard drive power cable. Alternately, I have an off-brand Ali-chipset combo card with 2 ext. FW400 and 3 ext. USB2. Both tested good in a G4 tower with no additional drivers.
-iBook G4 combo drive (slot-load, with iBook brackets if you want them).
-Ancient PCI video card. Rage Pro w/6MB VRAM and a VGA + old-school Apple monitor connector. Works in a G4, so might be nice to drive a second monitor on an older system.
-Assorted iBook G4 leftover parts--top and bottom of case (including speakers), keyboard with a couple of slightly messed-up keys, metal frame, modem, external power connector board, cables, drive bezel and brackets, heatsink (and a fried mobo if you wanted one for some reason).
-Assorted Rev. D iMac (333MHz) parts--motherboards, processors, cases, tray-load optical drives, power supplies, PC100 RAM, whatever.
-CD-RW pull from a G4 (Apple-label, 24X I think).
-Cheapie all-in-one USB2 flash card reader. I had some trouble getting it to work with a SmartMedia card, but a it's fine with MemoryStick and SD cards.
-Unopened Canon CLi-8 Photo Magenta ink tank (I bought photo instead of regular magenta and didn't notice until I cracked the cardboard box, but the plastic container is still sealed).
-Classic Mac bits (ADB keyboards and mice, cables, parts, etc).
Here's hoping! (And if you want any of this stuff and don't have a drive, speak up.)
I'm hoping for 80GB, not because I care about the capacity, but because I already have three older 40GB drives--a Samsung, a WD, and an IBM--all of which are very whiny.
Alternately, I'd take a 2.5" drive if it's at least 20GB (I can get an adapter for a few bucks).
I have to trade (or trade+a bit of cash):
-MacAlly USB2.0+FW400 PCI card. 2 ext. FW, 2 ext. USB2 + 1 int. FW and 2 int. USB2, and it has a connector to get extra FW power from a hard drive power cable. Alternately, I have an off-brand Ali-chipset combo card with 2 ext. FW400 and 3 ext. USB2. Both tested good in a G4 tower with no additional drivers.
-iBook G4 combo drive (slot-load, with iBook brackets if you want them).
-Ancient PCI video card. Rage Pro w/6MB VRAM and a VGA + old-school Apple monitor connector. Works in a G4, so might be nice to drive a second monitor on an older system.
-Assorted iBook G4 leftover parts--top and bottom of case (including speakers), keyboard with a couple of slightly messed-up keys, metal frame, modem, external power connector board, cables, drive bezel and brackets, heatsink (and a fried mobo if you wanted one for some reason).
-Assorted Rev. D iMac (333MHz) parts--motherboards, processors, cases, tray-load optical drives, power supplies, PC100 RAM, whatever.
-CD-RW pull from a G4 (Apple-label, 24X I think).
-Cheapie all-in-one USB2 flash card reader. I had some trouble getting it to work with a SmartMedia card, but a it's fine with MemoryStick and SD cards.
-Unopened Canon CLi-8 Photo Magenta ink tank (I bought photo instead of regular magenta and didn't notice until I cracked the cardboard box, but the plastic container is still sealed).
-Classic Mac bits (ADB keyboards and mice, cables, parts, etc).
Here's hoping! (And if you want any of this stuff and don't have a drive, speak up.)
