Power Macs prior to Mirrored Drive Door G4s do not address ATA drives over 137GB. You need an ATA card to do so. Many PCs have the same issue.

David

On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 9:07 PM, Bob Freitas wrote:

Hi to All,
Been a lurker for awhile, now have a problem, I bought a new WD 160 gb, 7200 rpm, 8mb cache special edition. With a free Ultra ATA card!
As I went to install, I got a bit nervous and called WD support. They stated that it won't work in my beige G3 even with the Sonnet G4 zif. According to WD, I need a controller card (siig card) for a Mac. The box DID say that it may require additional hardware, I admit I was hoping that meant the ATA card, guess not.
Any comments or help before I go shopping would be greatly appreciated.
I have a beige G3, upgraded to a G4 400mhz from Sonnet, with 640mb, running 10.2, original 6gig HD.
Thanks,
Bob


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