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wooly
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idea how to added a sata hard drive to a power book!
i was thinkin of getting a (2.5 sata to 2.5 ide adapter)
http://www.amazon.com/2-5-inch-SATA-Driv.... do guys think that it would work,i know space would b a issue but i cross that 1 when am there
2.5 sata to 2.5 ide adapter
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rj713
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I don't believe this is possible because of the space issue you mention. I am including a link to the hard drive replacement and ask you to pay particular attention to step 12. You will notice the drive is connected to the logic board by a short cable that would be out of position even if the adapter didn't short out the logic board. I would suggest staying with the IDE drive. Good luck whatever your decision.
PowerBook G4 Aluminum 15" 1.5-1.67 GHz Hard Drive Replacement
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Ouroboros
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As rj713 said, space would definitely be an issue. However, have you thought of perhaps adding a SSD instead? http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/M...
Another idea would be to remove the superdrive and replace it with a sata drive. Doing a quick google search came up with MCE's optibay http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/ as an option. Theoretically, I would think you could probably also get away with an atapi to sata adapter.
Just my 2 cents. Best of luck!