Replacing Powerbook g4 12" hard drive. Largest Capacity?

Geez, what kind of connection does it use? It may be too old to use SATA. Is it ATA?

You will need a 2.5" ATA hard drive that's 9.5MM tall, the biggest size is 250GB, here's the only one I found from OWC that matches

Be sure to keep note of where each screw goes when disassembling!!
There are heaps!!

Macman756 said:

Ya, this is the only ATA-6 newegg has. The WD Scorpio. Well, newegg is $75 so not too bad. Is this a really tough job? Thanks

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Not too bad, just keep track of all the screws.

As I have just bought me a 12" PB too, this question does also interest me. There are some adapters from ata to s-ata, would it be possible to get one in there to install a 7200 sata drive? or is the space in there too tight?

Macman756 said:

Is this a really tough job? Thanks

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I swapped the drive in my PB G4 15" a few years back and the only tricky part was getting the top back on properly. If I remember correctly it had a what looked like a shielding flange around the edge, which had to be carefully aligned or it wouldn't fit.

If you're reasonably handy the PB G4 should be a breeze though. Just give yourself plenty of time so you don't feel a need to rush.

I did this replacement on a 1.33 12" a few months ago. Not difficult at all, just be very meticulous (as others have said). I had the ifixit manual open on another computer in front of me. Each step's screws came out and got taped to a post-it note labeled with the step number and then put in chronological order on the desk next to me. Just reversed the post-its putting it back together and it was a breeze. Took about an hour start to finish.

start up?

Does anything need to be done to the drive before replacing? Format/copy old content etc. how does that work. Is it able to start up with the new drive?

Macman756 said:

Here is the drive I am looking at:

WD Scorpio 250GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136159


Will this work?

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That's the one.

moleary77 said:

Does anything need to be done to the drive before replacing? Format/copy old content etc. how does that work. Is it able to start up with the new drive?

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boot from your install dvd and format the drive using disk utility before installing OS X.

Thank you very much.