iMac 17" G4 1.2 750GB hard drive installation!!

emul8tor · Oct 30th, 2006, 07:11 PM

Can anyone verifiy this it does work?
This model does not have the 128G barrier like older Mac's, It also has USB 2.0
I just thought I'd Max it out on 2G Ram, BlueRay DVD writer "Pioneer" and 750G IDE.

Is the 750G an issue or has it been done before.

DVD Blue Ray $1100
750G IDE satgate 7200,16M $450
1G Soimm $150 ,Internal DDR400 Dimm 1G $150

CanadaRAM · Oct 30th, 2006, 08:45 PM

I'd be afraid of frying the machine. They are not the best at thermal management.

emul8tor · Oct 30th, 2006, 08:57 PM

I took the plunge to install the 750G but OSX Tiger only sees 699G after formatting... what a waste. 50Gs gone?
The Blueray drive is too bit to fit, basically 1 inch more than a normal pioneer drive, so I installed a DVR-111D but not supported

need patch burn...
as for memory, I have 1 stick DDR400 1G internal, 1G DDR2700 Sodimm but get a total of 1.5G, the so dimm is only 512M?? Maybe the limit to the HDD and RAM then... anyone can confirm??

emul8tor · Oct 30th, 2006, 09:14 PM

The iMac was quiet but now the fan is always on. Not that it's annoying but kinda got used the whisper quietness before the upgrade.