Elliott Price wrote: > Yeah. Any ATA drives are compatible, (I'm pretty sure, if not someone > correct me) I've never had any trouble swapping drives around. > (Between newer and older macs)
Almost. There is a problem with certain machine using, I think, ATA-5 drives. I believe the machines in question are the Pismo and Lombard laptops so it doesn't apply to the op. But there are differences and occasionally they do bite you. > > > -Elliott Price > Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara > Graphic Design - Artwork Setup > Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites > > On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:34 PM, owen wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a tray load iMac (266mhz rev C) with an 40gb upgraded hard >> drive, and a slot load iMac (500mhz early 2001) with its original 20gb >> drive. MacTracker says the tangerine uses an "Ultra ATA" bus and the >> flower power uses an ATA-3" bus. >> >> Can I swap the drives? Yes. >> >> FWIW the 40gb drive is an Apollo EIDE UDMA-133 7200 Quiet drive. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
