Thanks for the response, Timmy. I checked out xlr8yourmac, but most of their stuff seems to be on the tower Power Macs rather than iMacs. And I saw this in Misha's how-to guide on …

OK, I went to the iMac forum archive and found a bunch of posts I somehow hadn't seen before. Despite the warnings about the increased heat, those who have put a 7200 in seem to ha…

Hi CaseCom- I hope this note finds you. I'm trying to help a friend w/ a iMac DV (G3) 500MHz who would like to upgrade his harddrive to one the new 7200 units that you can get fo…

I put a 120 Gig Western Digital in a iMac DV SE and had no trouble at all. Noticeably zippier and when I moved to a desktop, I moved the drive with me. I'm pretty sure 120 is the …

Quote: Originally Posted by Spidey Hi CaseCom- I hope this note finds you. I'm trying to help a friend w/ a iMac DV (G3) 500MHz who would like to upgrade his harddrive to one …

Hi Amacapart- Thanks for the advise. I'll go ahead and drop the new drive into my friend's DV. I really appreciate the help. And yes this string was a little old, but as evide…

I just bought a 7200 rpm 160G Maxtor drive for my wife's iMac DV 400. I did this before reading that it may have a 128G ceiling. What happens if i put this drive in? will it not…

Quote: Originally Posted by skier What happens if i put this drive in? will it not work or only be seen as a 128G drive? I believe it's the 2nd part you mentioned.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenneth I believe it's the 2nd part you mentioned. Yes, that's it ! It will show as 128 GB. -t

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Yes, that's it ! It will show as 128 GB. -t I thought it was a 137GB ceiling. Can the drive be partitioned? On one partition have 12…

Nope. Its 128GB. Next ceiling above that is something ludicrous like several exabytes or something. Can't be arsed to look it up or work it out.

Thanks to everyone for the responses..

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic I thought it was a 137GB ceiling. Can the drive be partitioned? On one partition have 128GB or 137GB (however that goes) and the other w…

There is a software fix now I think about it. Its called Speedtools. Wasn't cheap last time I looked though......

I've replaced the drives on three slot-loading iMacs recently with 7200rpm models, all to great effect. Temperature isn't an issue (modern 7200rpm drives run way cooler than the ol…

Does anybody know where to get schematics of an imac? I am thinking about some hardware extensions but without schematics it becomes difficult. Tony

You will have to dress Ninja-Style and sneak in Apple Campus in Cupertino, CA. You will have to use your Shadow Warrior skills to get through Darth Steve Jobs' droids and steal the…

They would be available for an Apple Certified Technician. There are tons of them [schematics] on the software they get, obvoisly. I wanted a copy as well, but for artistic reaso…

trace the PCB and draw your own? LOL If I had to use it badly, that's maybe something I'd do...given enough time...Otherwise, the closest thing you can get is a 7400 Manual and som…

The PCB program question has come up before. Most recently here. [This message has been edited by reader50 (edited 07-26-2000).]

Ok Just to let anyone here know. I work at the only place that fix Apple Labotops for Apple on This Side of the hemisphere, so if anyone needs a schemetac gimme $10,000 cash and i…

I do the same thing on the other side of the hemisphere, but I wont take less than $11,000. Sorry

nah, gimme US$9,000 and a week's time, I'll trace one out for ya

I downloaded a manual from Apple's site (9MB!) that has a lot of schematics in it. It's called "Service Source: iMac." I can't remember exactly where I got it, but I can extract …

I overclocked my DVSE to 500 MHz and it works great! I can't remember my life without it!