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
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