MrRitalin Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I'm looking to upgrade from the 75gb drive that I have - could I use this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073 I've read problems about people going into disk utility and then being prompted with a red message saying you can't install max os x...I'd have to reformat the drive to hfs+ right? Please help and answer quick as I'm thinking about purchasing it right now. THANKS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69541-question-about-imac-g5-ppc-17-hard-drive-1st-gen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRitalin Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 could someone please reply? I'm desperate here... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69541-question-about-imac-g5-ppc-17-hard-drive-1st-gen/#findComment-493453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 You need a hard drive module "blessed" by Apple. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69541-question-about-imac-g5-ppc-17-hard-drive-1st-gen/#findComment-494430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 It will probably work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69541-question-about-imac-g5-ppc-17-hard-drive-1st-gen/#findComment-494582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 You need a hard drive module "blessed" by Apple. uh, what "blessing" are you referring to? All he'd have to do is format it using Disk Utility, and it would work fine. It wouldn't work at full SATA 3.0 speed since the 1st gen G5 iMac had SATA 1.5, but SATA 3.0 drives have backward compatibility with 1.5 controllers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69541-question-about-imac-g5-ppc-17-hard-drive-1st-gen/#findComment-495111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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