not Cereal Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 so i have reached the point where i need to add ANOTHER drive inside the G4. i have 2 drives in the ATA100 interface, and none on the ATA66 interface. my PC only has ATA66 on it, and i havent had any HD speed issues doing work with DV (3.6meg/sec). so i imagine that using the ATA66 on the G4 wouldnt lead to any speed issues, right(?) arent these ide drives only capable of having about 18meg/sec anyway? i use western digital 120gb drives (3 - one is firewire and floats between machines) i want to add another 120gb western digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sp3nc3r Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 I can't see why you'd have any problems. If the IDE can go up to 18 megs/sec, that should be enough to handle what you're recording, correct? Cheers! Spencer "I prefer to beat my opponents the old-fashioned way....BRUTALLY!!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Odd this should come up...at this very moment, I'm running a checksum test on a 12G Quantum Fireball on said 66 buss in MDD G4. I can only see a minor bottleneck issue, but I don't think anything that would cause hiccups. For the final word on it: www.macgurus.com I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where02190 Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 We've got 3 HDD internal in our dual 1Ghz G-4 QS, but only use the slower buss one for backup, for obvious reasons. We've had no troubles with this. The procedure is pretty simple, remove the screw holding the aluminum plate in place, pop out the front plactic slot cover, insert the drive, replace the place, hold the drive in place from the front while connecting power and ribbon cables. I din't even screw it into place, it's jsut sitting in the bay tray lose. Remember to pin the drive for slave. Hope this is helpful. NP Recording Studios Analog approach to digital recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudioMaverick Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Coaster, most IDE drives don't exceed 60MB/Sec., after clearing the 2MB/8MB cache. You will see smaller file lags. And, copying between two drives on the 66MHz bus will be obviously slower. If you have a PCI slot open (and just under $100 free), you can add a PCI controller. Here's an example: Tempo ATA133 PCI Host Adapter from Sonnet Technologies - on Buy.com Hope this helps... "It's all about the... um-m-m, uh-h-h..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Very soon, I'm going to plop another drive in my G4 dual 1.25 (MDD), dedicated for video. Coaster, let me know how your experience goes... I'm going to need something relatively large and fast, but I'm a cheap-ass bastard. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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