From: "Mattera Fernando Mario (IBM)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 4GB HD in Quadra 605 / Performa 475 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:49:03 -0300
Hi, a friend of mine gave me a seagate ST15150WC 4GB hard drive (specs in http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/scsi/st15150wc.html) I have a Quadra 605 that ramdomly works (and I don't know what) but it isn=B4t the problem now. My question is: this HD will work in my mac? Thanks!
The 15150 is a half-height (1.65") drive. I think the Q605 requires a third height (1.1") drive or shorter. However, I may be mistaken about that. I'm sure someone here will chime in with the definitive answer.
Even if the Q605 can take a half-height drive, the 15150 runs very hot and very loud. The slowness won't be a factor on the Q605 bus. I wouldn't recommend putting a hot 15150 in the Q605 and the noise will be unpleasant.
Finally, I think the 15150WC is a Wide Differential drive. The wide part (68 pins vs. 50 pins for narrow) you could overcome with an adapter. But there's no practical way to get a high voltage differential drive to work in the Q605.
So, no, that drive won't work in the Q605. Even if it was an ST15150N (Narrow Fast SCSI) and would fit in the machine despite it's height, I would recommend against it because of the heat and noise.
Jeff Walther
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