3tb wd caviar green

hi i have a mac pro 8 core 2008 and i am just wanting to know can you upgrade the mac pro to the 3tb wd caviar green with the SATA 6 Gb/s or can you only use what apple say and thats the 3 GB/s
many thanks
BAZz

Never buy a drive from Apple unless you use the Apple Pro RAID card. Maybe. Which does not support 3TB.
Green are best not used for performance or system but fine for backups. Not everyone is totally happy though but some are in using them for data drives (frequent parking and spin down to go green).
No reason to use old tech. You want the 64MB cache 6G edition.
Apple charges way more than say Newegg or Amazon.
WD Black is your best for performance drive which $124 for 1TB @ 'Egg and very nice. Don't think they have more than 2TB in Black though as yet.

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Hi, I have an early 2008 24" iMac, I need more storage space and was wondering if I could fit a 3TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD into it with out any problems? This is the one I've seen, Western Digital Caviar 3TB SATA 6 GB/s 64MB Cache 3.5 inch

Hi, I have an early 2008 24" iMac, I need more storage space and was wondering if I could fit a 3TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD into it with out any problems? This is the one I've seen, Western Digital Caviar 3TB SATA 6 GB/s 64MB Cache 3.5 inch

My bad?
You're original response was questions/post about an iMac. Now you've edited it to ask about a Mac Pro?
You can more easily add internal drives in a Mac Pro.
Not too terribly easy to add/replace drives in an iMac.
If younhave questions about a Mac Pro, try posting in the Mac Pro forums.
Much more knowledgeable users there.

WD Caviar Green drives - Only good for certain uses!

I originally set up my Mac Pro as follows:
Bay 1 - Original 640GB Drive - MacOSX
Bay 2 - 1.5TB Caviar Green - RAID 1 striped with Bay 3
Bay 3 - 1.5TB Caviar Green - RAID 1 striped with Bay 2
Bay 4 - 2.0TB Caviar Green - Time Machine Backup
The RAID 1 array was mounted as the /User directory.
From the start there were annoying lags on a semi-regular basis. Even with only a few things open, like 1 instance each of Dreamweaver, Safari, and iTunes, I would get the spinning beach-ball of death for a few seconds every 30-45 seconds, and sometimes for as long as 10-20 seconds. Occasionally iTunes would actually cut out as it tried to play music.
Whenever these problems got bad I checked the Activity Monitor, did a 'top' in the terminal, even ran diagnostics a few times. No problems were ever obvious. Tons of available CPU time, tons of available RAM, no disk problems. Still, the system ran like a 386 with 640kb of RAM, not a 3.0Ghz Quad-core Nehalem with 12GB of RAM!
I started suspecting the disks as the culprit and looked into the Caviar Green drives a little further...
Western Digital lists the spindle speed as "Variable 5400-7200 RPM'. In fact, each drive is tested to determine the speed with the best performance/economy balance, and that speed is locked into the drive. This means that two otherwise identical Caviar Green drives can have two widely different spindle speeds. Put those two into a striped RAID array, and you get the problems I had.
Before reporting a bad computer to AppleCare I decided to confirm the drive theory by replacing the two Caviar Green drives in the RAID array with Caviar Black drives. Right now I have 4 instances of Safari, 2 Terminals, 2 Finder windows, Dreamweaver, Remote Desktop, Photoshop and iTunes running, and have seen zero glitches so far. The system is finally running like it should! The Caviar Green drive I have in bay 4 as my Time Machine backup is fine - this is actually a good application for these quieter, lower power drives. Just don't put them into a RAID array where you expect reasonable performance!
The two Green drives are going back to NewEgg tomorrow (minus a restocking fee because I am past the 30-day return window).
P.S., The Caviar Black drives are just fine for a software-based RAID 0 or RAID 1 array like this. WD makes the more expensive RE3 drives for RAID arrays, but the only difference is the amount of time the drive is allowed to take for error recovery. The Black drive could be down long enough to be dropped from an array (10 seconds or more), but the RE3 always comes back within 7 seconds after error recovery to prevent this. So you only benefit from the RE3 drives if you are running with a hardware RAID card, like you'd need for RAID 5.

Sorry, typo...
Table should say RAID 0, not RAID 1:
Bay 1 - Original 640GB Drive - MacOSX
Bay 2 - 1.5TB Caviar Green - *RAID 0* striped with Bay 3
Bay 3 - 1.5TB Caviar Green - *RAID 0* striped with Bay 2
Bay 4 - 2.0TB Caviar Green - Time Machine Backup
The *RAID 0* array was mounted as the /User directory.

Seagate 2TB Caviar Green 5900RPM drives.

This is more of an informational topic than a question, but: Over the last two weeks, I've acquired four of these drives. The first two were on sale for $80, but I paid the full $99 for the last two. I've been using three of them in a software raid(Linux MD raid on Debian Testing) for a backup server, and the fourth for an offline backup of some stuff I wanted a spare copy of. Anyway, I have to say I'm very impressed with these drives. I've been getting somewhere over 120MB/sec linear read(Note: was tested on my slow server, so it could be even faster) and around 130MB/sec linear *write* over the entire drive. I was surprised at how /little/ the speed dropped off near the end of the drive, but that could be just good firmware. From what I've seen so far, I recommend them to anyone building a backup or media server. Anyway, has anyone else had any experience with these? I'd assume they wouldn't be super great for a boot drive due to the lower RPM, but I've never tried - they might be perfectly great due to their high density per platter.

TheLexMachine wrote:
WD drive speeds go up and down as needed with the Green drives.
Nope: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/western_digital_caviar_green_2tb
Also, while I can't point to any proof, I know that someone did an audio-analysis on the /1/TB Caviar Greens, and it turns out that the speed appeared to be, in fact, 5400RPM(though WD wouldn't publically admit to it).
TheLexMachine wrote:
They have 5400 RPM drives but those are the Blue drives and not the Green ones.
If you had looked at WD's own product spec sheet, you'd know that this was wrong. Both the Blue and Black drives are 7200RPM; the blue's are just cheaper and not *quite* as fast(according to various benchmarks I've seen)
TheLexMachine wrote:
As for the Barracuda LP drives, they seem to have a significant failure rate or at least they did last time I checked as the line is prone to defects and design flaws, which is why people generally shun them in favor of the WD Green drives.
I saw that -- to some extent, anyway -- when I was on Newegg, and I intended to get WD Caviar Greens 1.5TB's. Unfortunately, BBY's deal on them was web-only, so I got what was available in-store; in this case, 2TB Barracuda Green's. So far, I've been extremely impressed by the performance level, and I've got some redundancy so I'm not *too* worried about failures(And I've been working towards getting all three disks in my raid to have been from different lots so they don't fail all at once), but we'll just have to see in the months ahead.
Entropy wrote:
I don't know about the new "green" Barracudas but I generally rely on the non-"green" Barracudas.
The last time I tried switching to WD (earlier this year with a 1TB unit) was a nightmare. The disk's onboard controller would randomly freeze up and drop its SATA link. Attempting to retrieve SMART status from Linux would cause the drive to instantly hang.
That's interesting: I've had about 6 of the 640GB Caviar Blue's; absolutely no issues on Linux or Windows. You could have had slightly-bad drive, just with some part of the controller failing.

WD Caviar Green 2TB - disappearing drive

Hi all,
I have installed a 2TB WD drive for use as a time machine drive. (expanding from 1TB external)
Sometimes the disk displays odd characteristics, such as:
• Overnight (last night for example) TM didn't do any further backups after 7.43pm. This caused system preferences to crash and of course TM wasn't accessible. And Finder also hung. So I restarted...
• But because of whatever reason the computer wouldn't restart, so now I had to do a hard restart, but the WD drive wouldn't show up.
• I shut down, remove the drive from its bay (bay 2), put it back in, restart and all is well again.
*Now, is this a low power/sleep issue?* It would seem that the hard restart would remove that question.
*Is it a jumper settings issue?* Removing the drive and putting it back in would seem to eliminate that issue. (for the record, they are at OPT1 enabled, as that seemed to work best at the time.)
Does anyone know what the best way forward is? It would seem to me that neither the drive or the Mac are broken (there was a 500gb WD in that bay before with no problems) and when the drive is mounted - it seems to work fine, until I'm not around then there is a problem.
I would prefer to allow my drives to sleep when unused, but is switching that preference off the only option?
Thanks,
Aaron

Why or what jumper setting is that for? default as is with none.
Removing and installing again isn't going to change anything.
It comes with SSC and OPT1 Disabled. Leave it that way.
And I would not allow drives to spin down.
I am also not a big fan if at all of TimeMachine (think after 3 yrs but no) so I favor SuperDuper, CCC and Tri-Backup 5.
Is it a jumper settings issue? Removing the drive and putting it back in would seem to eliminate that issue. (for the record, they are at OPT1 enabled, as that seemed to work best at the time.)
10.5.6 and above should be fine. Even with the newest version (with 64MB cache).
Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD20EARS
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=773
http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?groupid=608
What I do with any new WD drive is run it through WD Lifeguard (in Windows 7) and do full extended test, full format with zero.
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608
There have been issues with 2TB drives in Mac Pro 1,1 (often as last in bay #4 it seemed).
How about mounting in external FW400?

Big problem with new WD Caviar Green HDD, please advise!

I bought a new Western Digital Caviar Green HDD 1TB, ( WD10EADS ) it is a SATA 3Gb/s interface HDD, 3.5-inch form factor. the RPM = IntelliPower (NOT 7200 RPM or 5400 RPM which means Rotate automatically depends on the needs of fetching data I suppose?)
I acknowledged that this series of HDD which three of 6 have the same Power Management which Read/Write = 4.9W / Idle = 2.8W / Standby = 0.4 W / Sleep = 0.4W
They are differ from the other 3, which 500GB one is 4.1W / 2.2W / 0.8W / 0.8W and 1.5TB is 4.73W 2.75W / 0.72W / 0.72W; 2TB is 6W 3.7W 0.8W 0.8W
Which mean the Standby and Sleep mode are the same state.
Now my big problem is, I bought an external dock SI-7908UI for this WD Caviar Green HDD.
( http://www.ssi.com.tw/product_content.aspx?id=92 )
So I first put the HDD into the SI-7908UI Dock ( USB 2.0 / eSATA / Firewire 400 /800 )
I tried many way of sequence of who power on first? WD Caviar Power on first? or Mac mini Power on first? I found that the best way is Mac mini Power on first, then Power on the external HDD.
OK, before I address my big problem, I should let you know, I found that there is NO S.M.A.R.T. working when you put a S.M.A.R.T. HDD outside the Mac or PC. In Dock, the S.M.A.R.T. won't work, That's how I saw in System Profiler, the FireWire tab says " S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported "
and I did test a Non-Green Maxtor HDD, the S.M.A.R.T. doesn't show either. You'll need this info before the real problem I'm gonna say in the following.
NOW, about 10~15 minutes after my Mac mini boot, if I didn't fetch anything from my external HDD, it would goes to sleep itself, that confirmed that the Specification Sheet was true, the Idle = 2.8W and I believe it goes to Idle, NOT Standby or Sleep, which I also believe the Standby or Sleep signal is supposed to be given by Mac OS, but it sounds like Standby or Sleep, BECAUSE the WD HDD suddenly not rotate and the sound it appears that it goes to SLEEP, am I right? I keep Mac awake by browsing the web so Mac mini won't go to sleep (I set 10 minutes in Energy Saver and I checked Put the HDD to sleep when possible)
Well, That is my big problem when WD Green HDD goes to sleep, because I CAN'T wake it up, NOT eject or Shut down the Mac mini. (OK, I'm NOT sure if it goes to Sleep or Idle)
First I thought it freezes the whole Mac OS, then I found I still can move many things, such as I am doing right now, post this big problem here. but I am sure the others are freeze! and no matter how many time I click Shut Down or Restart or Force Quit, the Mac mini didn't respond.
I tried to figure it out because I don't want to Shut Down by force.(5 seconds Press the Power button)
then I found that if I power down the external dock 7908-UI when Mac fail to shut down/restart/or eject the external HDD, It worked.
And the Mac OS will appear a window says that "I shouldn't unplug an external device without Ejecting it first" something like that. and suddenly it shuts down very quickly, everything back to normal, it shut down successfully.
What am I gonna do with this? Am I going to power down my external HDD first every time I want to shut down/eject/restart? Because the Eject the external HDD will cause freeze too! Freeze Finder I suppose.
Is it caused by 7908-UI ? or Caused by WD Caviar's Green Power management?
Because I don't trust 7908-UI, it doesn't look like a trusted brand, I've never heard of this SSI company anyway.
What am I gonna do? Please advise.
Thanks in advance.

Please realise that I am not the right person to be asking. I pointed you to a thread where, as a Moderator at the Bombich forums, I felt the need to warn users of CCC that a WD drive might cause problems. The thread mainly just copies what WD have said.
Obviously your drive will respond/awake/spin up when you access it manually. Some of the problems are...
•  Most users want to be in control of whether and/or when a drive sleeps -- WD's auto-sleep cannot be disabled and so precludes that.
•  Most users want their drive to obey settings in Energy Saver -- the WD auto-sleep mechanism doesn't allow that.
•  Most users want a scheduled cloning/backup to take place during the night. The cloning app starting the backup process should cause the target drive, if sleeping, to wake/spin up so that the process can take place -- it does for all drives except WD drives where the auto-sleep mechanism used doesn't allow it. LaCie drives, for instance, have auto-sleep +as an option+, during which the drive will respond to Energy Saver settings and to software such as a cloning app.
Please, Mauricette, put you questions/concerns/problems to the reseller or to WD, both of whom took your money without warning you. I am NOT a WD expert! ...or lover! ( ) I became more than disenchanted when I saw that a) WD do not point out the limitations of their external drives at point of sale, and b) WD put the blame for these inadequacies/problems/limitations onto Apple, ignoring the fact that no drives other than WD drives have them.
Andreas

Caviar Green compatible with MacBook Pro 13.3"

Is the WD Caviar Green 1 TB compatible with the MacBook Pro 13.3"?

Hopefully you mean in an external enclosure. It certainly _will not_ fit inside the MBP (it's a drive for desktop computers). Even externally, not really. It requires a SATA connection, and there's not one on the 13" MBP, nor is there an expansion slot to add one. You could (in theory) get a SATA to USB adapter, but that would defeat the purpose of an eSATA drive...
WD did recently announce 750 GB and 1 TB laptop drives:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=685
The 1 TB model isn't shipping quite yet. Also, those drives are too tall to fit in a 13" MBP (they will fit in a 17" MBP). The maximum sized internal drive for a 13" MBP is currently 500 GB.

MSI K7N2Delta Platinum/ILSR + 2TB WD Caviar GREEN

Hi!
What is the difference between this two old motherboards? Do anyone would work recognize a 2TB Caviar Green drive? I need to add this disk to an old socket A machine to be used as storage/backup.
THanks in advance!

i would doubt that any socket A machine is capable of using a 2TB hard drive at full capacity as they where never even on the horizon when made by a long time because the socket A boards are now ancient!
i don't even think 1TB drives where around then as your board was built in the time of windows 2000! if i remeber correctly the max capacity at that time was around 100-250GB at most!
i may be wrong but i believe it cant be done (could be wrong but its a long shot)!
id suggest scrapping it and buying a low end modern motherboard+cheap ram and a cheap cpu for $150 as a backup and storage device as i dont think a socket A board can even do it!

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum with Western Digital 750Gb Caviar Green 32mb

Hi all, this is my first post and im a bit of a numbskull when it comes to upgrading, thus this post.
My HDD is on its last legs and I want to get a Western Digital 750Gb Caviar Green 32mb. Im not sure weather it will work with my MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (MS-7025). Can anyone help me out? If you have any suggestions for a better HDD to go for that would also be appreciated, Cheers

Burst speeds are high mainly because of the disk's cache. That's the only part of the HDD that can get near the maximum bandwdth of the controller.
The bottleneck for speed is in the fact that the HDD's mechanical properties won't allow it to work faster. With SSD's it is or will be different.
Back to topic: the WD Green is an excellent choice. I've 6 of those running here now, 5 in a NAS and 1 in my pc and they're simply good. Not the fastest, but very stable, quiet and fast enough.

3TB HDD WD green

I have the new 3TB WD green, like external HDD, in housing LC power LC PRO-35BE3
the mac it recognize like 801,23GB HDD?
does anyone know ehere is the problem, and how can I resolve it?

or remove the drive / install inside in one of the drive bays to confirm
This has been reported by various people here
I'd return it if they don't have firmware fix for the enclosure and get one from
www.macsales.com/firewire
which do work

I bought a WD Caviar Green today

Now I have one WD10EADS 1TB HDD (linked by Firewire 400/800 dock, but my Mac is 400 only) and one Hitachi 159GB HDD(USB 2.0 direct link).
I partition WD off into two partitions with GUID? I hope I didn't do anything wrong? 'cause there are 3 options, the other two was something like "Apple Map partition"(I felt like this one better) and "Master Recode something"?
I chose first one, did I do it right?
OK, second question, so, now It seems to be 3 HDDs now.
They are 621GB, 310.5GB and the real one 149GB(Hitachi one)
What is the best way for Time Machine? I chose 310.5GB one.
But as you know, 310.5GB one is physically the same one with 621GB.
I put my music and important files to 621GB one. Is that OK?
and I was planning to use that 149GB one as another Mac OS 10.5 or 10.6
Can I do that? How?
So, What do you think I put up my HDDs this way?
Any suggestions?

Mauricette wrote:
Now I have one WD10EADS 1TB HDD (linked by Firewire 400/800 dock, but my Mac is 400 only) and one Hitachi 159GB HDD(USB 2.0 direct link).
I partition WD off into two partitions with GUID? I hope I didn't do anything wrong?
no, that's good.
I chose first one, did I do it right?
OK, second question, so, now It seems to be 3 HDDs now.
They are 621GB, 310.5GB and the real one 149GB(Hitachi one)
What is the best way for Time Machine? I chose 310.5GB one.
If you allocate 310 GB to TM and your work volume has 621 GB . . .
But as you know, 310.5GB one is physically the same one with 621GB.
I put my music and important files to 621GB one. Is that OK?
Its physically the same one, but not logically. Your TM allocation should be as big as the space you want to backup.
and I was planning to use that 149GB one as another Mac OS 10.5 or 10.6
Can I do that?
no. You cant boot MacOS off of USB
So, What do you think I put up my HDDs this way?
Any suggestions?
You should consider this setup, if you go ahead with it as temporary. Any backup should have its own device. What i mean is, if your time machine volume is backing up data from another volume on the same device, and that device fails i.e. your WDgreen fails, then your TM backup is worthless. And it will fail. Not if, but when.
When you say important files, how many GBytes are we talking about?
What i might do would be to partition the WD with one of the partitions as 149GB. Then i would use the external 149GB hitachi as a backup of that particular partition. Backup all changed files to it manually, or use Superduper to clone that WD 149GB partition to the 149GB hitachi once a week say.
Make sure you never fill your boot drive more than 70% full.
what the make of that FW400/800 dock you have now?

What hard drives are compatible with OSX Snow Leopard Boot Camp?

Recently when the video card in my desktop Mac died, I decided to make some upgrades, one of them being the hard drive. After doing some research, I fixed on the Western Digital 3TB Caviar Green 3.5-Inch and had it installed at the same time as the new video card. I installed OS 10.6.8, opened up Boot Camp Assistant, set the partition sizes: 2.5 TB for my Mac side and 500 GB for the Windows. XP wouldn't install so I ordered Windows 7 and began trying to set up the Windows partition. Each time I tried, I got the same error -- Windows 7 couldn't install on the 500 GB partition since it was formatted GPT which was strange since when I looked at the partition inside of Disk Utility, it said NTFS. While troubleshooting, I came across the following:
・Mac users should know that WD's new drives do not support Boot Camp, therefore they cannot be used as a dual-boot hard drive.
・The MBR part of the hybrid partition table cannot work with 3TB hard drives. MBR is limited to 2TB.
・In a 32-bit MBR world, a disk larger than 2TB is probably invalid, and different OS's and tools react wildly differently when this is forced beyond 2TB.
I called Western Digital to confirm which of their drives were in fact compatible with Boot Camp and they replied since Boot Camp was a third-party application, they have no information on compatibility. They told me to call Apple to get the information. Before purchasing a new drive and sending back the 3TB WD, I want to be sure I know which specs to look for in a hard drive in deciding whether it is compatible with my machine. Any helpful advice or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Here are the specs for my Mac:
2006 24" iMac 6,1 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
OS 10.6.8
Boot Camp Assistant 3.0.4

Thanks for responding to my question. I guess I'm not sure I understand your reply though. I had no problem installing OS X on the 3TB WD Caviar Green and WD assured me that if I wanted to install only Windows 7 on it, there would be no compatibility issues. The problem lies with wanting the drive to be dual-bootable I guess via using Boot Camp (I know of no other way to go about it). The tech at OWC (where I bought the drive) said he had never heard of any problems with being able to install both Mac and Windows OS on the drive. In fact, he gave the same reply as yours: most hard drives should be able to work perfectly fine with your Mac. It's just that I can't get XP or Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) to install on the 2nd partition, making the drive I have now not dual-bootable. The tech said 2TB hard drives were different and should solve the problem but when I asked him for any discernible spec I could look for in shopping for a replacement drive, he couldn't give me one, i.e. most drives should be okay. I have paid to have the 3TB installed and will have to pay to get the drive taken out and a replacement put back in -- I want to make sure whatever drive I put in this time allows me to have 2 partitions: one for my Mac OSX system and the other for my Windows enviroment (either XP or Windows 7).
If there is a work-around not involving Boot Camp, please let me know. I thought the reason for using Boot Camp as opposed to Disk Utility to create the dual-bootable drive was the benefit of using Mac drivers on the Windows side.
If there is another way, I don't understand why PC world made this blanket statement:
"Mac users should know that WD's new drives do not support Boot Camp, therefore they cannot be used as a dual-boot hard drive."

Advice needed: Moving from mac to pc - pc specs.

Hi all,
This is my first post. I have been using FCP on a mac for a few years now but its time for me to upgrade. I want to upgrade to 64bit, and also move away from FCP. I have decided that premier would be best for me, and am trying to figure out what is the best/most suitable pc I can get for my budget.
I am considering the following Hp Pavilion pc. I've always used mac but can't afford a new one, and feel a little out of my depth when it comes to pcs. Any advice/reccomendations would be appreciated. The specs for the Hp Pavilion are below.
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor (3.4 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache)
Operating System
Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM
8 GB DDR3
Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 with PureVideo® HD technology
Hard drive
2000 GB + 2 internal HDD bays
Optical disk drive
Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner + 2 external optical drive bays
Memory card reader
15-in-1 memory card reader
USB
2 USB 3.0, 8 USB 2.0
Modem/Ethernet
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
WiFi
Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n
Video interface
1 DVI (VGA via adapter), 1 HDMI
Audio interface
Onboard / Beats audio console, High Definition Audio 7.1
Expansion card slot
3 PCI-Express x1, 1 PCI-Express x16, 1 MiniCard
Keyboard & Mouse
Wireless keyboard and mouse
Accessories included
Wireless keyboard; Wireless optical mouse; HP Win7 Media Center Remote Control

Hi, Thank you for your response.
I am actually based in the UK (might be on the wrong forum?) - but I had a look at a custom built site here.
The following are specs that I can afford. I could go a little higher too. Do you think these are suitable? If not what should I change?
Thank you very much in advance. (The case is InWin Centinal Buc Black Gaming Case.)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i3-2120 Dual Core (3.30GHz, 3MB Cache) + HD Graphics
-----------2nd Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (Sandy Bridge)--------------
Intel® Core™i3-2130 Dual Core (3.40GHz, 3MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Intel® Core™i7-2700k Quad Core (3.50GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
-----------3rd Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (Ivy Bridge)--------------
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3550 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
ASUS® P8Z77-V PRO: PCI-E 3.0 READY,WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
ASUS® MAXIMUS V GENE: M-ATX, INTEL Z77 ROG MOTHERBOARD
Memory (RAM)
2GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (1 x 2GB)
4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 8GB)
32GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 8GB)
-----------KINGSTON HYPER-X 1600 MHz DDR3 MEMORY--------------
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(2 x 2GB KIT)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
-----------KINGSTON HYPER-X 1866 / 2133 MHz DDR3 MEMORY--------------
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
-----------NVIDIA® GEFORCE® GRAPHICS CARDS--------------
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI,HDMI,VGA
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 610 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 620 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 630 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 640 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
-----------AMD® RADEON HD™ GRAPHICS CARDS--------------
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6450 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6570 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6670 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7750 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
-----------NVIDIA® GEFORCE® GRAPHICS CARDS--------------
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
-----------AMD® RADEON HD™ GRAPHICS CARDS--------------
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7750 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
-----------NVIDIA® GEFORCE® GRAPHICS CARDS--------------
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
-----------AMD® RADEON HD™ GRAPHICS CARDS--------------
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7750 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7850 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
3) hard drives, optical storage & memory card reader
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
-----------WESTERN DIGITAL HIGH PERFORMANCE SATA 6 Gb/s HDD's--------------
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
500GB VELOCIRAPTOR WD5000HHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
1TB VELOCIRAPTOR WD1000DHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
-----------WESTERN DIGITAL LOW POWER, PERFORMANCE GREEN DRIVES--------------
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB (Special Offer)
-----------6GB/s SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSD)--------------
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
180GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
180GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
480GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
90GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
480GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
250GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
3TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
-----------WESTERN DIGITAL HIGH PERFORMANCE SATA 6 Gb/s HDD's--------------
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
500GB VELOCIRAPTOR WD5000HHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
1TB VELOCIRAPTOR WD1000DHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
-----------WESTERN DIGITAL LOW POWER, PERFORMANCE GREEN DRIVES--------------
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB (Special Offer)
3TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD30EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
-----------6GB/s SOLID STATE DRIVES (SSD)--------------
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
180GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
180GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
480GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
480GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
Show 3rd / 4th Hard Disk Options
RAID
NONE
RAID 0 (STRIPED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
SSD CACHE DRIVE
NONE
20GB INTEL® SSD 313 SERIES - SLC CACHE DRIVE FOR SYSTEM / 1st HDD
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
-----------BLU-RAY™ OPTICAL DRIVES--------------
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£52)
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)
NONE
Show 2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive Options
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
NONE
4) system refinements
Power Supply
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
-----------CORSAIR HIGH PERFORMANCE MODULAR POWER SUPPLIES--------------
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£114)
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£158)
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£206)
-----------FANLESS POWER SUPPLIES 100% SILENT--------------
500W FSP AURUM XILENSER - 100% Fanless SILENT 80+ GOLD PSU (£109)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
-----------ADVANCED PROCESSOR COOLING-------------------
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)
COOLIT ECO II FAT BOY PUSH/PULL CONFIG LIQUID CPU COOLER (£69)
COOLIT ECO II C240 DUAL RAD LIQUID CPU COOLER (Special Offer) (£89)
Fan Controller
NONE
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
AeroCool Touch 2000 LCD Touch Screen 4 Fan Controller + 2 x Front USB
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
-----------SOUND CARDS FOR MOVIES AND MUSIC--------------
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)
-----------SOUND CARDS FOR GAMING--------------
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 SoundCard & Headphone AMP (Award Winner) (£22)
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card (£25)
ASUS Xonar DS - Bring Hi-Fi spirit to your Music, Movie & Games (£35)
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium (£59)
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCI-E Soundcard (£59)
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional (£119)
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (£179)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
-----------WIRELESS NETWORK PCI CARDS--------------
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£35)
-----------GAMING NETWORK CARDS--------------
KILLER 2100 GAMING NETWORK PCI-E CARD - FOR ONLINE GAMING (£55)
-----------WIRELESS & BROADBAND (FOR CABLE USERS)--------------
WIRELESS N PCI CARD & WIRELESS N BROADBAND ROUTER (£39)
-----------WIRELESS & BROADBAND (FOR BT LANDLINE USERS)--------------
WIRELESS N PCI CARD & WIRELESS N ADSL2+ MODEM ROUTER (£48)
-----------HOMEPLUGS - FAST & EASY USING YOUR ELECTRIC SOCKETS-----------
HomePlug 200 Mbps AV - Turn any Electrical Socket into a Network (£19)
2 x HomePlug 200Mbps - Turn any Electrical Socket into a Network (£38)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
-----------EXTRA USB OPTIONS & STANDARD USB PORTS--------------
4 PORT USB 2.0 INTERNAL PCI CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
56KBPS INTERNAL V92 DATA/FAX/VOICE MODEM (Special Offer! £5)
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
EXTERNAL 1.44MB USB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE (£12)
Firewire
NONE
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
SIIG 3-PORT FIREWIRE 800 (2x 9-pin, 1x 6-pin) PCI-Ex x1, TI Chipset
TV Card
NONE
PCTV SYSTEMS DVB-T DUAL TUNER DIGITAL FREEVIEW TV CARD
PCTV SYSTEMS DUAL TUNER TV CARD & WINDOWS MEDIA CENTRE REMOTE
HAUPPAUGE HI-DEF SATELITTE DVB-S2 TV RECIEVER (WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2)

What means: Promise Pegasus compatible with Time Machine RAID-support

On the (Dutch) Apple shop it is stated at the Promise Pegasus page: the Promise Pegasus is compatible with Time Machine RAID-support.
What does this mean? What is then the "physical connection path" between the TC and the Thunderbolt Pegasus RAID system?

Thanks for responding to my question. I guess I'm not sure I understand your reply though. I had no problem installing OS X on the 3TB WD Caviar Green and WD assured me that if I wanted to install only Windows 7 on it, there would be no compatibility issues. The problem lies with wanting the drive to be dual-bootable I guess via using Boot Camp (I know of no other way to go about it). The tech at OWC (where I bought the drive) said he had never heard of any problems with being able to install both Mac and Windows OS on the drive. In fact, he gave the same reply as yours: most hard drives should be able to work perfectly fine with your Mac. It's just that I can't get XP or Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) to install on the 2nd partition, making the drive I have now not dual-bootable. The tech said 2TB hard drives were different and should solve the problem but when I asked him for any discernible spec I could look for in shopping for a replacement drive, he couldn't give me one, i.e. most drives should be okay. I have paid to have the 3TB installed and will have to pay to get the drive taken out and a replacement put back in -- I want to make sure whatever drive I put in this time allows me to have 2 partitions: one for my Mac OSX system and the other for my Windows enviroment (either XP or Windows 7).
If there is a work-around not involving Boot Camp, please let me know. I thought the reason for using Boot Camp as opposed to Disk Utility to create the dual-bootable drive was the benefit of using Mac drivers on the Windows side.
If there is another way, I don't understand why PC world made this blanket statement:
"Mac users should know that WD's new drives do not support Boot Camp, therefore they cannot be used as a dual-boot hard drive."

HD WD Green Caviar 500GB is compatible with iMac G5?

hello,
I installed hard disk WD5000AADS (500GB - SATA II) CAVIAR GREEN in iMac G5 17" iSight 1,9Ghz. with Leopard. It is hung in the starting with the gray apple. Why?
I placed jumper in the pins 5-6 of the HD CAVIAR to turn it to SATA I, and nothing to changed. iMac is congealed with the gray apple in the screen.
Please, simple answers. I speak Spanish, little English.

I'm still not clear on how you did the installation onto the internal drive. My understanding is...
You used a friend's Intel Mac to duplicate your Mac OS X Leopard installation disc onto an external FireWire drive. You did it this way because your iMac G5's optical drive is broken.
You connected that external FireWire drive to your iMac G5, and started up from it, which would be the same as starting up from the optical drive with the Leopard disc. You got to the first Installer screen.
You used Disk Utility to format the new internal hard drive. Then, you installed Leopard on the the iMac G5's internal drive.
Upon restarting, the iMac G5 stalls and does not go further. This same method worked previously, with a different internal hard drive installed.
Is the above correct?
More images iMac G5, internal computer...
I would not be able to tell what is wrong by looking images of the components, unfortunately. I don't think the power supply or heat is the issue, because you do get to the stalled screen and you are able to start up and run the iMac from an external FireWire drive (assuming my understanding above is correct).
Are you still able to start up that iMac G5 from an external FireWire drive? If so, what happens if you put that new internal drive with the new Leopard installation into a FireWire case and try to use it to start up the iMac G5? Does that work?

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