Hi There! His advice may be wise, but so far my Powerbook 3400/180 has a 12g drive and I have had no problems with it at all. It's only if you plan to partition the hard drive do you have to make sure that the first partition is no larger than 8g. I think that's right!
Anyone to back me up? John :) On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 04:26 AM, 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? > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
