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…