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GyroFX

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jan 14, 2002
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Los Angeles and NorCal
Will the Western Digital Caviar 120GB 7200RPM 8MB Buffer ATA/100 HDD work on my QuickSilver ? Just wondering cuz i want to get another HD for my computer for video.
 

AlphaTech

macrumors 601
Oct 4, 2001
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Natick, MA
ATA hard drives work in all current Mac systems (from the blue and white forward as well). You will see all 120GB of the drive, but not see all of a 160GB drive unless you get an ATA controller that supports that size for the Mac. That very well could change after MWNY though.
 

TyleRomeo

macrumors 6502a
Mar 22, 2002
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New York
hey do you know anything about serial ATA? i know western digital is about to release a 200GB drive, can i get a serial PCI card to take advantage of its 150MBPS transfer time?
 
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