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<blockquote data-quote="monkeynuts*" data-source="post: 1127040" data-attributes="member: 175911">Thanks for the reply ~[G'day and welcome to the forums.][Be aware iMacs like laptops use a minaturized optical drive and if you go through these threads you will see many concerning failed optical drives on iMacs and MB and MBP.&nbsp; Go over to OWC and have a look at their G5 iMac optical drives,.&nbsp; Make a choice from there.]So your saying these are the only drives I can go for? None of the new ones on ebay will do? Also, I need help with one other thing please. I was thinking of also putting a bigger H/Disk in my machine. the 160gb disk is too small. Could I put a 2tb H/Disk with 32 or even 64mb of cache in there? Thanks again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="monkeynuts*, post: 1127040, member: 175911"] [b]Thanks for the reply ~[/b] [G'day and welcome to the forums.] [Be aware iMacs like laptops use a minaturized optical drive and if you go through these threads you will see many concerning failed optical drives on iMacs and MB and MBP. Go over to OWC and have a look at their G5 iMac optical drives,. Make a choice from there.] So your saying these are the only drives I can go for? None of the new ones on ebay will do? Also, I need help with one other thing please. I was thinking of also putting a bigger H/Disk in my machine. the 160gb disk is too small. Could I put a 2tb H/Disk with 32 or even 64mb of cache in there? Thanks again. :) [/QUOTE]

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