> The Hard Drive of a friends 6500/250 is shot. Any advice on a > replacement? I understand it's a 5.25" 4GB ATA/IDE drive. The only > drives around nowadays seem to be 3.5" - what problems does that > present. Is the connector standard > - 40 pin I believe? >
Hi, in case you don't know there is an extension called 5500/6500 ATA Update that might be of help to you. (there is also another one for Video Input Update). You can find them on the Apple ftp site or on : http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html Another thing to do would be to update the HD driver with Drive Set Up (1.7.3). No reformatting required. Otherwise, going for a 7200 rpm drive with 2 MB of cache (or 8 MB, but those are a bit more expensive) would be your best bet. However, a 5400 rpm drive with 2 MB of cache will perform only about 10% less than a 7200 rpm. You'll find a lot of user experiences on the xlr8yourmac site. Thierry -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
