400GB hd in an old powermac?

[tonywalker23]

i have a dual gigabit g4 that only recognizes around 128 GB (i think thats the limit)

i have a 400gb hd that i would like to put in there. hass anyone tried this app:
SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver
http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.shtml

what are the pros and cons of doing this, it says it will allow you to put a big hd in a mac that wouldnt normally recognize it.

any thoughts please help..


thanks
tony w

 

[Roseyboy]

Hi, Did you ever get a reply to this, i have the exact same question!

 

[Lesser Evets]

I had/have a 1.25 dual MDD G4 and that darn thing wouldn't let me get over 250GB or something. It wasn't as tough a problem as I thought, but I can't remember exactly what I did...

I think it actually recognized the higher drives (had a 750, 400 and others above 200 in there in the end), but crashed when the drives slept so I had to leave the computer always awake (but monitors could sleep).

After 2 years of that noise the main drive tanked because it was always on in the daytime, and I realized the computer was too limited for my future needs. So I purchased a newer system in June.

 

[tonywalker23]

the most it would recognize was the first 128 gb of the hd. you can partition the hd into 120ish gb partitions to get around it. or you can purchase a internal pci card that has ata slots on it. i just put a 120 gb hd in it and put the 400 gb in an external hd case for a while. ive since sold all of them (computer, hd)

tony