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katmichaels
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What kind of G4 do I have??? - 2009/06/24 20:59 I found a great article on this site about how to install an additional internal hard drive in my PowerMac G4 -

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/faq/power-mac-g4-how-to-replace-upgrade-hard- drive-big-drive-support.html .

However, there is a list of different "types" of G4's (PCI, AGP, Gigabit, Quicksilver, etc). I have no idea how to tell what kind I have. I can't even tell if my system uses ATA/33 or 66 or 100. Any help would be appreciated - as well as advice. I am also getting an external - for more backup space (I already have 2 other external firewire drives, but it's all full). The reason I want an internal drive is because I want to be able to both store my files (the originals, not the backups) and work on the computer. At this point, my hard drive keeps getting close to full and preventing me from working effectively.

In System Profiler, it just says the following:

Model Name: Power Mac G4".
Model Identifyer: PowerMac3.6
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Processor Speed: 1GHz
Number of CPU's: 2
(there's more, but I don't want to bore you)

Also, when I look at the ATA information (in System Profiler), it says that there are 2 ATA Buses. One of them is the SuperDrive and the other is, I assume, the hard drive - an IBM. Under Protocol, it says ATA.

Thank you!!

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What kind of G4 do I have???

katmichaels

2009/06/24 20:59

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harryb

2009/06/24 23:42

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katmichaels

2009/06/25 11:43

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universe

2009/06/25 18:58

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krowmagnum

2009/06/25 23:49

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krowmagnum

2009/06/25 23:51

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harryb

2009/06/26 17:06

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katmichaels

2009/06/27 16:06

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katmichaels

2009/06/27 16:06

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harryb

2009/06/27 17:04

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krowmagnum

2009/06/28 11:53

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harryb

2009/06/28 16:58

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katmichaels

2009/06/29 16:37

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harryb

2009/06/29 16:50

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