Maximum HardDrive Size???!!!?

[aethier]

Hello, i just want to know the hard drive size limit (not physical size, actual amount of gigabytes) of the origonal G4 QuickSilver, i am looking to purchase a new hard drive, for it and i read the the first QuickSilver bootrom doesn't support hard drives above 128 gigs, anyone could clear this up, or have actualy tried putting in larger hard drives (such as 200 gigs) with any success?

aethier

 

[MacsRgr8]

it seems the onboard hard drive type is ATA/66
This gives it a max. of 128 GB.

If you want to stick in a larger drive, then you'll need a ATA/133 (ATA/100 should also work) PCI card, to which you attach the bigger HD.

I don't think it has anything to do with the BootROM though. I own a Sawtooth G4 500 MHz with a ATA/133 PCI card installed and use a 200 GB hard disk, which works perfectly.

 

[stoid]

Would an external drive over the 128GB limit work? Or do the built-in FireWire ports have the same cap?

 

[MacsRgr8]

Would an external drive over the 128GB limit work? Or do the built-in FireWire ports have the same cap?

No problem there.

Even the 1 TB FireWire "Big" disk should work

 

[aethier]

Thanks that is good to know
well then i guess i shall purchase a 200gigabyte harddrive and PCI ATA100/133 controller.

if i get the computer to work,
anyone know what the problem could be, i get it used without mother board, or hard drive (was informed that the motherboard had a problem), and it will only boot to cd's, i used the hard drive in it to firewire boot my powerbook, and it worked, but i can't boot the tower with my powerbook, can it be the ram or somtthing? i borrowd a 128 stick pc133 from a friend just to see if i could fic the computer..

aethier