Expanding my Quicksilver G4 dual 1 GHz - Hard drives

Hi all,
I'd like to maximize my internal hard drives for my G4 dual 1 GHz system. I can readily see that I can install two internal EIDE drives in the standard slot area. Is there a size limitation on the internal drives? 500G Hard drives are fine. I know I can install more drives but I don't necessarily want to as this machine is getting a bit old and I don't need all that storage in the immediate. So, for those two internal drives, the specs are that they have to be: EIDE - Enhanced IDE or ATA and not SATA or Serial ATA because from what I understand you need a different set of controllers for them; yes? Also, does the second drive require it to have jumper settings to be a "slave" or do I not have to worry about that in the Mac world? Thanks in advance.

Hey Speed,
So, for those two internal drives, the specs are that they have to be: EIDE - Enhanced IDE or ATA and not SATA or Serial ATA because from what I understand you need a different set of controllers for them; yes?
Yes. Plus the cabling is completely different.
Also, does the second drive require it to have jumper settings to be a "slave" or do I not have to worry about that in the Mac world?
Generally that drive is set to "slave" and is placed on the middle connector.
I can readily see that I can install two internal EIDE drives in the standard slot area. Is there a size limitation on the internal drives?
This is from LEM about your machine:
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/quicksilver-2002-power-mac.html
"hard drive: 40/60/80 GB 7200 rpm UltraATA/66. Maximum IDE drive size is 128 GB without third-party support. See caution note below."
*Power Macs earlier than the 2002* Quicksilver models do not have built-in support for IDE hard drives with capacities over 128 GB. Without a third-party solution, larger drives can only be formatted to 128 GB in these models. There are three options (as noted on Accelerate Your Mac):
* Intech's ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver
* A PCI IDE card that supports big drives
* A FireWire enclosure that supports big drives
So that all seems to indicate that your machine has support for drives larger than 128. I would first run your serial number here:
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
and verify that it has the support.
Then I would buy from OWC:
http://www.macsales.com/
and talk to them about your exact situation. They are very knowledgeable and if things don't work out they support/take back what they sell you.
Richard
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