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#459203 - 04/17/05 08:43 AM 3.5" IDE HDD in Mac mini [Re: aidos]
whitlock Moderator Emeritus Registered: 06/07/04 Posts: 1266 Loc: Stoughton, WI USA	Someone had the bright idea to take a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adaptor and add a 3.5" IDE hard drive to their Mac mini. Looks like the speed jump is pretty good. Anyone have an adaptor laying around to test this out as well? Link :: http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/mini/ _________________________ MacBook 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/ 2GB DDR2 RAM & 120GB SATA 5400RPM HDD Canon Rebel XTI Google Cr-48 Beta Laptop
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#459204 - 04/17/05 08:52 AM Re:3.5\" IDE HDD in Mac mini [Re: aidos]
griffer Registered: 02/12/05 Posts: 209	Have the adapter, but no mini A cool mod though, the 3.5" drives are much cheaper and bigger. Post edited by: griffer, at: 2005/04/17 15:53 _________________________ - iMac g5 2ghz, 1.5gb ram. - eMac 1ghz (clocked at 1.27): 1gb RAM, Dual Layer Pioneer DVD +/- RW, 80 gb HD, 160 & 250 external Lacie FW HD´s. And modified cooling. - iMac 600 mhz - b&w in atx case, with sata drives :p - PowerMac g3 b/w - with atx psu - PowerBook G3 Wallstreet
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#459205 - 04/17/05 09:49 AM Re:3.5" IDE HDD in Mac mini [Re: aidos]
whitlock Moderator Emeritus Registered: 06/07/04 Posts: 1266 Loc: Stoughton, WI USA	I know on XBOX's that people make custom covers that extend the height so you can have another HDD in there. I'm supprised no one has made custom mini-lids. /throws out a potentially profitable idea _________________________ MacBook 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/ 2GB DDR2 RAM & 120GB SATA 5400RPM HDD Canon Rebel XTI Google Cr-48 Beta Laptop
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#459206 - 04/17/05 11:33 AM Re:3.5" IDE HDD in Mac mini [Re: aidos]
MikeMan Registered: 03/18/05 Posts: 121	HEY., i wonder if i could do that to my imac, but with a CD writer (since i dont got one) BTW coolidea _________________________ AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @ 1.9ghz, RaidMax X-1, 520W RaidMax PSU, 1GB A-Data DDR400 Ram, DL-16x LG DVD Writer, Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI, 200GB Sata, 2x 20GB PATA 1x 40 PATA, Nvidia 6600 256mb
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#459207 - 04/24/05 08:38 AM Re:3.5" IDE HDD in Mac mini [Re: aidos]
Waragainstsleep Registered: 02/13/05 Posts: 1723	Actually notebook optical drives (like you get in iMacs) and notebook hard drives have different connectors. There is an adaptor to do it though and its a straightforward pin mapping so no drivers required.
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#459208 - 04/24/05 04:01 PM Re:3.5" IDE HDD in Mac mini [Re: aidos]
KnifeLord Registered: 11/15/07 Posts: 303	Powerbook G4 Ti and iMac G3 orginal can use the same drive... tho the iMac uses a pull out rather then a slot the connector works (ik i use a Powerbook drive in it...) -Knife
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