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Apple Computing Products:
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Can Older G4 Power Mac "Read" Large Hard Drives?
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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 804708" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>The standard 400MHz Mac can handle uop to 128GB HDD. For over that size you would have to install a PCI Controller Card such as this:-</p><p></p><p><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ACARD/AEC6280M/" target="_blank">(*) ACard PCI ATA/133 Hard Drive Controller... (AEC-6280M) at OWC</a></p><p></p><p>Personally I would look for a MDD 1.25GHz Dual Processor model for not much more than the price of a PCI card and they can take larger drive sizes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 804708, member: 42497"] The standard 400MHz Mac can handle uop to 128GB HDD. For over that size you would have to install a PCI Controller Card such as this:- [url=http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ACARD/AEC6280M/](*) ACard PCI ATA/133 Hard Drive Controller... (AEC-6280M) at OWC[/url] Personally I would look for a MDD 1.25GHz Dual Processor model for not much more than the price of a PCI card and they can take larger drive sizes. [/QUOTE]
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