Can you use off the shelf IDE drives with a Mac G3 Blue & White???

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Sat Feb-24-07 07:43 PM
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Can you use off the shelf IDE drives with a Mac G3 Blue & White???

Any help would be appreciated...

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Poiuyt

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Sat Feb-24-07 10:16 PM
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1. Yes, but you may need a different IDE controller

Some of those older Macs would only recognize up to 128mg

see:
http://lowendmac.com/macdan/05/1024.html
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/IDE/index.html

If I recall correctly, I had three IDE hard drives in my B&W

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TommyO

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Mon Feb-26-07 11:58 AM
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2. Macsales (Other World Computing) is a good source

Edited on Mon Feb-26-07 12:02 PM by TommyO

of info about what will work in any given Mac.

Here's a link for what they sell that will work in a G3 Blue and White without any additional hardware.

http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=41&type=Data+Storage&TI=5609&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades

edited to add: If you want to use modern Serial ATA drives in your old Mac, this card will allow your G3 Blue & White to use big drives: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ACARD/AEC6290M/

Also adding: I don't work for OWC, but I am a very happy customer.

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politicat

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Sun Mar-04-07 02:00 AM
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3. Yep.

Here's a good site that will help you:

www.lowendmac.com

TONS of data there.

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