Response to #3 -- According to Mactracker the 6300 has an ATA HD bus so the drive should work.
---------- >From: Thomas Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Parallel vs Serial ATA drives etc. >Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2004, 11:52 PM > > Hey what's this stuff I've been seeing about some of the Macs not being > able to recognize or use all of the space on a big internal hard drive? > I've got a G4 733 Quicksilver running 9.2.2, and right now it has two > internal drives, a 60-gig and a 30. I'd like to take out the 30-gig and > replace it with a 160-gig from OWC. But would this Mac be able to see and > use the entire 160 gigs? > > Second question: there are two nearly identical Hitachi/IBM ATA 160-gig > drives for sale on the OWC website: > http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=6502&Item=HIT08K0464 and > http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=6243&Item=HIT13G0254. The > first is described as "parallel ATA" for $116, and the other one is "serial > ATA" for $147. What's the difference between the two drives besides price, > and which one would be best for this Mac? > > Third and final question: will the 30-gig drive that I remove from this > G-4 fit into an old Performa 6300 that I've got lying around here? If I > remember correctly, the 6300s used some sort of IDE or ATA drive (are those > the same or different?) I notice that the Apple System Profiler identifies > this 30-gig drive as "Internal ATA 2," or maybe that's just the bus it's > on. Anyway I guess it's an ATA type. Can a 6300 use an ATA drive? > > TIA, > > Tom > > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
