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anyone know what the maximum hard drive space is on a powermac g4 single 450 mhz?
maximum hard drive for powermac g4
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The Internal ATA bus only supports 128 gig, if you install a larger drive it will only see up to that limit
If you need a bigger drive you can do 2 things
Install a mac compatible ATA or SATA pci card (expensive)
Install a cheap USB2 card and attach an external USB 2 drive (the USB 2 card will not have the size limit, I know, I have a 500 gig drive connected to my G4)
If you need a bigger drive you can do 2 things
Install a mac compatible ATA or SATA pci card (expensive)
Install a cheap USB2 card and attach an external USB 2 drive (the USB 2 card will not have the size limit, I know, I have a 500 gig drive connected to my G4)
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thanks, i actually haven't bought it yet, but i'm looking to buy one. do you like yours?
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I have a PowerMac G4 400. It's dependable. I have an external Firewire hard drive connected to it. It is a 500GB drive working without a hitch.
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And the Firewire drive is bootable if you back up the operating system on to it. USB2 drives generally will only be bootable with an Intel machine.
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