At 8:26 PM +1100 1/20/2003, K wrote: > >Charles Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Subject: change 3400 hard drive? >>I was thinking of putting a left over hard drive from a Lombard in my old >>3400c. Is there any reason >why this would not work? > >I , too, was thinking of adding a larger drive, but the only hard drives >now available seem to be 10 g or more. Yet an Apple repair specialist here >said that there was an 8g limit on the powerbook 3400s and he would not >recommend going over that- something about the power needed to drive a >larger drive not being readinly available on the 3400. I know that people >have added much larger drives, but that was his advice. What are other >people's experiences with larger than 8 g hard drives, please?
Harddisk power tends to stay constant and doesn't increase with size. It can't, if it did the drive would cook itself. Anyone saying that doesn't know their stuff. Power does vary some from drive to drive but a larger harddisk could take more power or it could take less. With PowerBook drives I wouldn't worry about it, there isn't much variation in drive power. I have a PowerBook G3 which is basically a 3400 and am running a 20Gb drive in it. There is an issue with some PowerBooks which require that the OS be loaded in the first 8G of the HD. But AFAIK this applies to certain G3 Series models. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
