Woohoo, my first post!
Hey all, I have a 2004(ish) 1Ghz G4 iMac (the one with the goose neck) and the hard drive went bad. I know this because I had someone look at it and recover data off the drive. Anyway, I think this is my only problem, and I would like to replace the drive and get the iMac back up and running. My problem is that I have NO IDEA what drive to buy to put in this machine, particularly when I look at all the models listed on the internet...seems super confusing. Can someone give me some guidance?
The drive that came out of the iMac is 4 inches wide, almost 6 inches long, and almost an inch high. Some of the text on the drive is: "Barracuda ATA V" "Model: ST380023A" "80GB S2ATA 655T1099" and "Seagate".
As you can tell, the previous HD size was 80 GB, but I don't care what capacity I put back in it...I don't store much on the machine and will mainly use it to browse the web. Also, this will be my secondary machine so I don't want to put much money into it.
Bonus Question: I want to modify this iMac to put in a blue, red, or green lighted fan in (look it up on eBay to see how cool it looks with the light emitting from the top of the dome). If you can tell me what the fan specs are, that would be appreciated too!
THANK YOU!!!
Hey all, I have a 2004(ish) 1Ghz G4 iMac (the one with the goose neck) and the hard drive went bad. I know this because I had someone look at it and recover data off the drive. Anyway, I think this is my only problem, and I would like to replace the drive and get the iMac back up and running. My problem is that I have NO IDEA what drive to buy to put in this machine, particularly when I look at all the models listed on the internet...seems super confusing. Can someone give me some guidance?
The drive that came out of the iMac is 4 inches wide, almost 6 inches long, and almost an inch high. Some of the text on the drive is: "Barracuda ATA V" "Model: ST380023A" "80GB S2ATA 655T1099" and "Seagate".
As you can tell, the previous HD size was 80 GB, but I don't care what capacity I put back in it...I don't store much on the machine and will mainly use it to browse the web. Also, this will be my secondary machine so I don't want to put much money into it.
Bonus Question: I want to modify this iMac to put in a blue, red, or green lighted fan in (look it up on eBay to see how cool it looks with the light emitting from the top of the dome). If you can tell me what the fan specs are, that would be appreciated too!
THANK YOU!!!
