Large Hard Drive in Quicksilver

[jne381]

I have a dual 1 GHz Quicksilver PowerMac. I have never had a problem with it, and it is still a good machine for my needs. Although, I do want to install a couple 500GB drives so I can use it to store media files (Movies, Music, Photos).

I have been told, and have read a couple posts that say these older machines cannot read drives larger than 120GB or so. I did ask a "Mac Genius" about this, and he said as long as I have the latest OS I should not have a problem. I do not believe him though.

Does anyone really know if this is an actual problem, and is there a solution to this?

Thanks

 

[bartelby]

Using the internal drive bus it'll only recognise 128GB of large drives.
To install larger drives you'll need a PCI controller card.

My 733MHz Quicksilver has 2 120GB drives in at the moment. I'll get a larger once I get a PCI card.

 

[jeremy.king]

Another option would be to use external case(s).

 

[glennp]

Big drives ( > 128GB) are supported under OS X 10.2 and later in iMac G4s, eMacs, 2002 Quicksilvers, and all later models.

The dual 1GHz Quicksilver is a 2002 Quicksilver so it should work. I don't have a 2002 or later G4 to personally attest to this but if anyone is willing to donate one, I'd be more than happy to test it out

These links should provide more info for everyone:

What Macs natively support large IDE drives? (over 128GB formatted)

How Big a Hard Drive Can I Put in My iMac G4, eMac, or Power Mac G4?

 

[jeremy.king]

Big drives ( > 128GB) are supported under OS X 10.2 and later in iMac G4s, eMacs, 2002 Quicksilvers, and all later models.

Good info.

Here's what Apple says, which confirms the other two links.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178