According to <http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.shtml> it appears the internal
128GB limit can be exceeded by partitioning using SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap
Support Driver (available separately from the SpeedTools suite.) Depending
on the size of the new drive, the $24.95 price may be cost-effective. There
are certain iMacs that will still have problems.
ReadMe pd file available on site.
I keep to 120 GB on internal drives but have a 160 GB and a 200 GB on
external Firewire/USB 1.1. All my external drives are partitioned in such
a way that no useable partition spans the 127.99 GB sour spot just in case
I need to install either of them as an internal drive.
peg
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At 10:06 AM -0500 01-17-2006, chris wrote:
>>(I don't
>>> know what happens if you connect larger... does the iMac just ignore the
>>> extra space or does something horrible happen?!? Hopefully it just
>>> ignores the extra space so you can get a 200 GB that seems to be the
>>> sweet spot for rebates right now and sells the cheapest)
>>>
>>
>>My drive is actually 160GB, and my iMac 400 just ignores the space
>>above 128GB, which appears to be normal, from what I've read online.
>
> Great to know. I'm glad to see it appears to run fine and just ignores
> the rest of the space. With today's prices, it is often much cheaper to
> buy a large drive than it is to buy a small drive, so it is good to know
> the iMac seems to work fine with them.
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