Newly installed additional hard drive - queries??
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My G4 has become unstable somewhat ever since I added the extra HD. I checked the cable and jumper formation and they seemed ok.
I have now removed the HD and the stability has returned.
But I am a bit mythed to why the unstability had occured?
One question please...
The Master HD is using OSX 10.3.9.
Does the Slave HD have to be exactly the same?
Because I am not sure if the Slave is at OSX 10.3 or 10.3.9
HI! I wrote that because although I always put the master on the end Apple doesn't think it makes any difference as per THIS Apple Doc which states
"It makes no difference which connector on the ATA/IDE cable is used in a standard ATA/IDE setup because the jumpers control master and slave status, not the cable. As long as one device is jumpered as master and the other as slave, any two ATA/IDE or ATAPI devices should work together on a single channel."
Tom
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which mac that you install that hard drive too, because macbook using sata and you don't need to configure that jumper in macbook.
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Recheck the jumpers on that drive carefully. Some drives came with an additional jumper and position, which limited the effective capacity of the drive to 32GB (because some PC processors could not address a drive size larger than that).
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what do I need to install second hard drive HP PAVILLION: p6633w?
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what do I need to install second hard drive HP PAVILLION: p6633w?
Hi,
You need two cables, one is a sata cable:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/30305659/706331346/StarTech-com-6in-SATA-to-Right-Angle-SATA-Serial-AT...
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http://www.itpartsdirect.com/startech-15-24cm-4-pin-molex-to-sata-power-cable-adaptor.html
This connects the hdd to the PSU.
You can also buy a combo cable like this:
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