I, myself have a Seagate 160gb 7200rpm drive that I had a friend
install. He got complete instructions off the internet. The only
problem that we had is that the drive wouldn't fit quite right (two
screws that held the drive in wouldn't line up with the holes in the
drive (Known problem), but the drive fit in there quite snugly (and the
CD-ROM would keep in.
I suggest you get a bigger drive. My 160GB drive was under $100 after
rebate at Fry's electronics (and since November the price has dropped
more).
If you get a bigger drive, I would suggest that you purchase one of
Intech's utilities at <www.intechusa.com> to bypass the 128gb limit. I
had an OEM version of their DVD/CD-ROM Speedtools and I loved the
program.
On Friday, February 17, 2006, at 09:36 PM, chris wrote:
2.5" 40 GB 5400 RPM OEM Seagate ST 94011-A
Apple part# 661-2957
Thanks.
Technically, yes, but not in the way I'm sure you are hoping.
You want a 3.5" drive for the tray load iMacs (and all other CRT
iMacs).
You can get one at any local computer store or office supply store.
Check
your local paper for sales, large drives can be had for pretty cheap
these days.
When buying look for an ATA, PATA, or Parallel ATA drive. Do NOT get a
SATA or Serial ATA drive. As for the ATA speed, it won't matter, they
are
all cross compatible. Chances are you will only see ATA/100 or ATA/133
available anyway (at least in the "cheap on sale" catagory).
I believe the tray loaders have a max drive size limit of 128 MBs (the
slot loaders do, so I'd guess the tray loaders have the same limit). I
have no first hand experience with putting a larger than 120 GB drive
in
one of these models. I have heard reports that the iMac simply ignores
the rest of the space (ie: if you put a 200 GB drive in, the iMac will
still only report the drive as 128 GBs and use only the first 128 GBs
of
the space).
Also, keep in mind, if you plan to run OS X on the iMac, there is a
limit
that OS X must be on a partition that is no larger than 8 GBs and
located
fully in the first 8 GBs of the drive. This limit only effects the
bootable OS X system. You can use the rest of the drive space as a 2nd
partition to store data on. I do not believe this limit effects OS 9 at
all.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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