Sorry, when I replied to this post this morning I was running out the door
and didn�t have time to elaborate.

You�re original post

> I'm assembling a b & w g3 and would like to know the
> largest hard drive I can slap on this thing. Fry's had
> a 160 gig serial ATA/150 drive for $69.99 after a
> $40.00 mail in rebate - that was  yesterday but I
> think the special will last the weekend.
> Pete.

You say it�s an Serial ATA, I just wanted to be sure you understand that the
cables are different than a regular ATA/IDE drive.

So if you get a ATA/133 card, you still can�t connect a Serial ATA drive.

A Serial ATA drive requires a separate control card.

That�s all. 

Geno


On 2/19/05 12:40 PM, "PETE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> --- Gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> I don�t know off the top of my head how big of a
>> drive this machine can use,
>> but do you have a Serial ATA PCI card?
>> 
>> Add another $50 for the controller card.
>> 
>> Geno
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/19/05 10:27 AM, "PETE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm assembling a b & w g3 and would like to know
>> the
>>> largest hard drive I can slap on this thing. Fry's
>> had
> No I don't but I'm fixing to buy an ATA/133 controler
> for this setup.
> Pete.
> 
> 
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