Ah, a 3.5” will be very difficult to track down, you’re better off with a 2.5”
SSD and a 2.5” -> 3.5” adapter cradle.
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On 21 Jan 2014, at 17:33, Keith Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sam
>
> It's a G4 desktop Power Mac that I bought from Jason Kitcat some years ago,
> not a laptop.
> On the back, it says it is has server.
> It seems to have connections for 2 hard drives connected by a "bootstrap"
> wire with two sockets for hard disk connection.
> It had only one hard drive installed. The reference on the bootstrap is
> "FOXCON 080-0003-192".
> That is with Robert Harding at present, to be returned in the next 2 or 3
> weeks.
> He has the name of a contact who may be able to scavenge information from the
> failed hard drive.
>
> Keith
> ==================================================================
> Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
>> If it’s got a PATA connection, and it’s in the 2.5” form factor, it should
>> be compatible with any G4 laptop. Perhaps google the model number to check
>> if anyone’s had any experience with them. PATA SSD drives are somewhat of an
>> odd thing, they’re faster versions of an old, slow protocol, still nowhere
>> near a SATA SSD.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>>
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>> On 21 Jan 2014, at 16:56, Keith Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Sam
>>>
>>> Do these just plug in?
>>> And are they all compatible with Mac internal wiring?
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> ========================================================
>>> Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
>>>> PATA is much slower than SATA, so you’re unlikely to see much of a
>>>> performance benefit from a PATA SSD drive, but here are some :
>>>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/pata-ssd-2-5
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> On 21 Jan 2014, at 16:42, Keith Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>>> I have a database which uses OS9 Classic and the Hard Drive has failed on
>>>>> the G4 PowerPC Hard Drive.
>>>>> Is it possible to replace the failed drive with SSD?
>>>>>
>>>>> Keith
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