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Q: Will a 1Tb serial ATA  hard drive work in the second by of a G5 PPC?

I'm replacing a 500Gb serial ATA drive in my 1.8Hz G% PPC and just wondering if it will work with a 1Tb drive?

 

Ken

Posted on Sep 5, 2015 11:11 AM

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Q: Will a 1Tb serial ATA  hard drive work in the second by of a G5 PPC?

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Sep 5, 2015 1:47 PM in response to KNY
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    Sep 5, 2015 1:47 PM in response to KNY

    Hello,

     

    You can use upto a 2.2 TB drive for a G5 to be bootable, even larger if unbootable by PPC Macs id GUID partrition scheme is used.

     

    The important thing is that it has to be SATA 1.5 Gb/s compatible, or sometimes higher SATA only if but in the second slot with a SATA 1.5 Gb/s drive in slot 0.

     

    Some drives like many WD drives need a jumper on pins 5&6 to work, other drives may adjust automatically.