Re: [sussex_mug] Maximum drives in Power Mac G5 - 500MB total - really?

2011-09-30 Thread Chris Webb
I'll go along with Sam on this. One caveat though - 'bigger' faster drives = more heat. make sure all the air channels are clear. BTW - Thought about putting a big ATA/IDE drive in the 2nd optical drive bay? Chris Webb . Partner MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex,

Re: [sussex_mug] Maximum drives in Power Mac G5 - 500MB total - really?

2011-09-30 Thread Sam - MacAmbulance
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Re: [sussex_mug] Maximum drives in Power Mac G5 - 500MB total - really?

2011-09-30 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 30/09/2011 18:06, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: That's odd, I've just many G5 towers with 1TB drives in them. Why not use a large (2TB) external firewire drive or if you want speed, go for an external eSATA RAID and a compatible PCI card for the G5. Hi Sam Sounds like the spec sheet is wrong th

Re: [sussex_mug] Maximum drives in Power Mac G5 - 500MB total - really?

2011-09-30 Thread Sam - MacAmbulance
Hi Ben That's odd, I've just many G5 towers with 1TB drives in them. Why not use a large (2TB) external firewire drive or if you want speed, go for an external eSATA RAID and a compatible PCI card for the G5. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 7

[sussex_mug] Maximum drives in Power Mac G5 - 500MB total - really?

2011-09-30 Thread Ben Rubinstein
We've got a big cheese grater Power Mac G5 that we want to use for some storage work. It's got two bays for hard drives, one occupied with the original stock drive. I thought we should be able to get a 1TB drive and stick that in the second bay. However my colleague has pointed out this doc