On 29/06/2012 05:44, "frrob" <fr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Greetings! A couple of other questions: > > I have two DVD drives mounted in my G4 MDD. One of them, a Pioneer DVD-RW > burner, is kaput. > > I would like to replace it with a new combo DVD-RW burner. Some such drives > listed on eBay are described as pulls from either G5s or Mac Pros, or as > new drives intended for those machines. Are there any compatibility issues > with such drives that would preclude their use in my G4? > > Also, I have 3 146 GB U160 SCSI drives I would like to set up as a RAID, > internally. I have the SCSI PCI card I need. What I'd like to know is, > would it be possible to mount two of those drives in one of the slots for > the optical drives? I don't need a DVD-RW burner and and DVD-ROM. One of > the slots in the HDD cage under the optical cage is free, so it seems to me > that the issues are (a) getting the drives physically mounted, and (b) > getting the cabling to work. Any thoughts? Would the SCSI drives in the > optical cage get adequate cooling? > > Thanks again for your insight and suggestions! > > Rob Johansen
I don't think 2 x 3.5 inch hds will fit into one 5.25 inch slot - one perhaps with a little tinkering or maybe drilling for the fittings. Cooling should not be a problem as the optical bay has it's own small cooling fan. I used to have a Quicksilver with an ide drive in the zip bay... Is the other 2 x hd bay close to the processor already full? Six internal hds - three configured as a scsi raid? What are the other three ide drives for? Pete -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list