[DM-MUG] iBook G4 hard drive replacement options

[AB]

127 GB is the max your ibook will recognize and format. You can purchase one larger, like a $160 GB as CW stated. However, the "partition/format disk" part of the operating system will only read 127GB, so the remainder will be wasted. It's a limitation of the hardware, not the operating system.

It's like... trying to get your 16 ounce coffee cup to hold more. You can keep pouring, but it's not going to hold more than what's been predetermined. Some people only fill it halfway... but it still can't hold more than 16 oz. Hope that makes sense?

-A.

--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Chris Tyrrell <tyrrell69 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Chris Tyrrell <tyrrell69 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] iBook G4 hard drive replacement options
> To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 11:11 PM
> What's the max capacity for a
> 1.2 GHz 14"?
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:42 PM, CW Smith <cwsmith7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> All iBooks
> use IDE / ATA drives. SATA need not apply. Reiterating
> the drive size limit: 300, 333, 433, 500 and 600 MHz models
> would not see a drive partition larger than 127GB. A larger
> drive can be put in, but 127 is as large a piece the machine
> will see. No point putting in a 250 or 500GB drive if only
> 127GB will be seen. I think the smallest available
> "new" drive is 160GB.
> 
> This is an intense upgrade/repair, as was said
> earlier, and not for the queasy. Do not rush this, and
> don't hesitate to ask for help when (not if) you need
> it.
> We did these all the time when I was at Haddock,
> and I can now get in and out of an (white, square) iBook HD
> repair in about 1.5 - 2 hours. A (colored, clamshell) iBook
> HD repair takes the better part of an evening (you must
> remove the display). It takes uninterrupted focus, the
> proper tools, good organization, and space to spread out.
> Send the kids to the neighbors and the cats to the
> basement.
> 
> 
> Peace,
> CW
> 
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> 
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> Apple Certified Macintosh Technician
> 
> Phone: (515) 577-1716
> cwsmith7 at gmail.com
> 
> 
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