Miche I have 233 Rev A iMac and replaced the 4G WD drive with a 20GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm drive, and have not encountered any problems. There is a slight speed increase in disk accessing. I don't get the full benefit of the ATA66 capabilities of the Seagate, since it drops its burst rate speed to suit the slower plain ATA iMac IDE spec.
You could also consider getting a Sonnet Harmoni, Power Logic, NewerTech iMAX Powr etc, as the speed upgrade really helps, especially as more and more mac software seems to require faster processors, more RAM etc. Thanks to folk here, Eddie, Charles, Mary, et al, I've learned shed loads of new things I can do with my 'obselete' iMac! I got a PPC 6100 last year from an author/publisher who had used it day in day out for the last 10 years, so I hope to get the same out of my iMac! Pete -----Original Message----- From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miche Doherty Sent: Sunday, 30 May 2004 7:31 PM To: iMac List Subject: Re: Putting an imac back together On 26 May 2004, at 4:34 pm, Mary wrote: > At 8:06 AM -0700 5/26/04, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > >> Does anybody have an URL for the kind of pictures that I need to put >> this computer back together? > > Have a look here: http://www.macworld.com/2001/10/bc/howtoimac/ Thanks for this useful link. I note that the article recommends using a 5400 rpm drive, and adds "faster drives may be too hot for iMacs". Does this match listers' experience? I'm pretty sure people have said here that they have used 7200 rpm drives in CRT iMacs. Miche. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
