Hard drive upgrade on Dual G4 PM

[adamfilip]

I need to add another hard drive to my dads Dual 1.0 PowerMac G4
how large of a hard drive can i add easily to this machine?
its running Tiger

 

[pastrychef]

Which model PowerMac is it?

 

[Eidorian]

You can handle greater then 128 GB hard drives. That is unless it's an upgraded Mac older then the Quicksilver 2002.

 

[Sweetfeld28]

I think it is a QuickSilver tower. But i can't remember if they had the HD size limits on those towers, or maybe i am thinking of something else [software]?

Anyway, i have two 120GB drives and another two 80GB drives in my Dual 1.42 G4 [Windtunnel] tower. Bigger drives can be found pretty cheap now a days. I would do a search on Newegg.com, and see what sort of deals you can find for internal IDE drives.

good luck, ryan

 

[aquajet]

Check this out.

If it's a stock dual 1ghz (i.e. Quicksilver 2002 or Mirror Drive Door), then you can use any size drive. Otherwise, there's a 137 gb limit.

 

[Sweetfeld28]

Check this out.

If it's a stock dual 1ghz (i.e. Quicksilver 2002 or Mirror Drive Door), then you can use any size drive. Otherwise, there's a 137 gb limit.

Thanks for the FYI, i didn't know i could go [250+] that high.

 

[adamfilip]

how do i find out exactly what model it is?

 

[Eidorian]

how do i find out exactly what model it is?

Copy & Paste the serial number into Apple.com Support.

Or...

http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutidentitycard/index.html

 

[Sweetfeld28]

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