So whats the limit on later G4 Emac hdds

craisin · Feb 12, 2013, 03:46 AM

I have a 1.25ghz G4 my friend has 2 G4s with 1.42ghz cpu
He has 2x200 gig Seagate Hdds to put in his Emacs the 200 gigs is really 186.3 gigs.
I have a 160 gig WD hdd
Is there any issues we skould expect?

Intell · Feb 12, 2013, 03:48 PM

Your eMac will be able to use the full drive and it is not limited to only the first 128GB.

zackkmac · Feb 12, 2013, 03:50 PM

I installed a 320GB in a 1.42GHz with no issues. The only machine that I personally know of that limits to 128GB is the iMac G3.

ickystay · Feb 12, 2013, 03:52 PM

I had a 500gb ata drive in mine. No problems.

Intell · Feb 12, 2013, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zackkmac

I installed a 320GB in a 1.42GHz with no issues. The only machine that I personally know of that limits to 128GB is the iMac G3.

All G3 and older Macs as well as some of the pre-1Ghz G4's have 128GB limits on their ATA bus.

craisin · Feb 13, 2013, 12:44 AM

thanks thats good to know

Feb 12, 2013, 03:46 AM	#1
craisin macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New Zealand	So whats the limit on later G4 Emac hdds I have a 1.25ghz G4 my friend has 2 G4s with 1.42ghz cpu He has 2x200 gig Seagate Hdds to put in his Emacs the 200 gigs is really 186.3 gigs. I have a 160 gig WD hdd Is there any issues we skould expect?
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Feb 12, 2013, 03:48 PM	#2
Intell macrumors G4 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Inside	Your eMac will be able to use the full drive and it is not limited to only the first 128GB. __________________ Last edited by Intell; Yesterday at 11:50 AM.
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Feb 12, 2013, 03:50 PM	#3
zackkmac macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chicago	I installed a 320GB in a 1.42GHz with no issues. The only machine that I personally know of that limits to 128GB is the iMac G3. __________________ 27" iMac 3.4GHz i7, 680MX 2GB, 32GB RAM, 3TB Fusion Drive 15" MacBook Pro Retina LSN, 2.7GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 768GB Flash 13" MacBook Pro 2.5GHz i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD iPhone 5 VZW 64GB Black
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Feb 12, 2013, 03:52 PM	#4
ickystay macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2006	I had a 500gb ata drive in mine. No problems. __________________ iMac 17" 2.0 Ghz C2D 2GB OSX 10.6.8 Powermac G5 2.0 Ghz DP 4GB OSX 10.5.8 iMac G5 1.6 Ghz 2GB OSX 10.4.11 PB G3 Pismo 400MHz 1GB OSX 10.3.9 OS 9.2.2
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Feb 13, 2013, 12:44 AM	#6
craisin Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New Zealand	thanks thats good to know
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