Maximum Hard Disk Size in a Quicksilver 2002

Dear All,

I am getting lots of contradictory information about the maximum size of hard drive that I can install in my 933MHz Power Mac G4 Quicksilver without using a PCI card.

Can any one advise me of the best way to verify whether I have the 128GB limit?

Many thanks in anticipation of any help or advice.

Best Wishes,

Richard

Power Mac G4 933MHz, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 12, 2008 6:54 AM

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Nov 12, 2008 12:05 PM in response to Richard Mccarthy

Look at these links.

*What Macs natively support large IDE drives?* (over 128GB formatted)
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/action.lasso?-database=faq.fp3&layout=FaqList&-res ponse=answer.faq.lasso&-recordID=34188&-search

*How Big a Hard Drive Can I Put in My iMac, eMac, or Power Mac?*
http://lowendmac.com/macdan/05/1024.html

*Using 128 GB or Larger ATA Hard Drives*
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2544

*The Power Mac Storage FAQ*
http://forums.macnn.com/65/power-mac-and-mac-pro/246391/the-power-mac-storage-fa q/

Use an external firewire drive & you are not limited.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Possible Alternative - SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver: Allows the use of extended capacity ATA drives (drives greater than 128 Gigabytes in size) on older (Pre Mirrored Door) G4 and G3 Macintoshes running MacOS X versions 10.2 and later. Cost $24.95
http://www.speedtools2.com/ATA6.html

Nov 14, 2008 11:11 AM in response to Richard Mccarthy

According to everymac.com:

The Power Macintosh G4 (Quicksilver 2002) series is very similar to the "Quicksilver" series that it replaced -- both share an identical case design, for example -- but the Power Macintosh G4/933 (Quicksilver 2002) and Power Macintosh G4/1.0 DP (Quicksilver 2002) -- have faster processors with faster DDR SDRAM level 3 caches. Additionally, all Quicksilver 2002 models add support for hard drives larger than 128 GB, add support for dual displays, and have slightly faster optical drives.


http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermacg4/stats/powermac_g4_800qs.html

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