Re: iMac G3 hard drives
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) -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? FWIW the 40gb drive is an Apollo EIDE UDMA-133 7200 Quiet drive. Thanks! Owen -- 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 -- 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
Re: iMac G3 hard drives
Thanks Elliott! Owen - Original Message From: Elliott Price callmemrp...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 4:54:03 PM 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) -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? FWIW the 40gb drive is an Apollo EIDE UDMA-133 7200 Quiet drive. Thanks! Owen -- 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
Re: iMac G3 hard drives
Yes, you can swap them, just make sure of the partitioning yada yada yada... (on the tray loader) On Dec 14, 2009, at 1:34 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? FWIW the 40gb drive is an Apollo EIDE UDMA-133 7200 Quiet drive. Thanks! Owen -- 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
Re: iMac G3 hard drives
Thanks Kasey! I'm thinking about maybe putting the original 6gb drive back into the tray-loader, and the 20gb into an external enclosure. I don't really have any use for the 266 that the 500 won't accomplish better. Owen - Original Message From: Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 4:39:14 PM Yes, you can swap them, just make sure of the partitioning yada yada yada... (on the tray loader) On Dec 14, 2009, at 1:34 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? FWIW the 40gb drive is an Apollo EIDE UDMA-133 7200 Quiet drive. Thanks! Owen -- 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
Re: iMac G3 hard drives
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
