On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 03:18 AM, Jack Russell wrote:
On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 07:01 PM, Bob Ryan wrote:
Just got my son a Grape iMac DV 400MHz with the Maxtor 10GB HD. The HD seems noisey....a lot of seeking noise not spinnig noise.
I have a 12GB Maxtor of about the same era (mid 1999) and it's as noisy as hell. I also get weird high-pitch harmonics if I run it at the same time as the 40GB Seagate U5 that I replaced it with. Odd that....
It currently resides in a padded bag at the back of my room. It's not likely to get used again as I have just upgraded my pocket drive enclosure I bought in Paris to a 10GB (and it's USB 2.0/FW 400 compatible, bus powered and the same size as and iPod).
He is an avid iTunes player and has 27GB of music on my G4....so..... I am thinking about replacing the 10GB Maxtor with a good quality HD.
60GB or 80GB should be fine. Base Spec iMac G4 has a 60GB 7200rpm in it (I bought mine before it went to 1GHz so mine is a 5400rpm but it's a Seagate so I'm not bothered - it's practically the same drive as i replaced the Maxtor in my G3 with!!)
Suggestions...???Certainly you can replace the internal HD. However, since the iMac DV has firewire, also consider an external HD. That way if he gets a new computer moving all his "stuff" will be a piece of cake.
FireWire units are still pricey and I'd be very keen to swap out that Maxtor and throw it as far out out of the building as possible.
As for Hard disks, Seagate Barracudas are commonly recognized as the quietest (I have a barracuda SATA in my PC and it's almost silent apart from heavy seek work) and best at dissipating heat (good thing - esp as the iMac relies on convection), but are no the fastest ATA drive around. DON'T buy a Deskstar 120 or 180GXP - my dad has one in his PC and they are really whiney - they are cheap for a reason.... Either a Barracuda or a Maxtor would be my take.
Will the Maxtor 80GB Ultra with the 8MB cache and the fluid drive bearings work in this 1999 iMac?No reason it shouldn't. BTW if it's a DV 400 it's the Summer 2000 iMac. Not as old as 1999. <G>
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