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I am about to replace the HD in my PowerBook due to the factory one dying. I am currently shopping online and am coming across lots of different types. Does anyone know what type of HD I need? (for example ATA, SATA, etc...) My system is a PowerBook G4 Aluminum 17" 1.67GHz (High-Res). Thank you.
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The drive in that PB G4 is a 5400 rpm Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6)
as per mactracker.
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I ended up going with a 5400 rpm 320gb drive. just ordered it so i haven't installed or anything yet. we'll see how it goes, can't wait to have my mac back!
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A ATA, IDE, EIDE will work, just stay away from the SATA drives. For a speed boost go to a 7200 RPM drive, runs a little hotter.
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