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Old 22-04-2007, 02:26 AM
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Question will macbook HD fit into a iBook G3?
just wondering if a hard drive from a MacBook will fit into my iBook G3 800MHz machine?

It's specs are...
Toshiba 2.5" 5400rpm 80GB SATA Hard Drive
Pulled from a brand new Apple MacBook, hardly used.
Manufacturer Part Number: HDD2D38 9.5MM
Capacity: 80 GB / Rotational Speed: 5400 rpm / Cache: 8 MB / Interface: SATA 150 / Max. External Transfer Rate: 150 MB/sec / Average Seek Time: 12 ms / Form Factory: 2.5 inch / Product life: 5 years or 20,000 POH / Shock Operating: 325G / Shock Non-Operating: 850G / Dimension (WxDxH): 69.85 x 100 x 9.5 mm / Weight: 97 g / Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) / The SMART command set is supported / RoHS Compliant >> Serial Number 37APF571S / Apple Serial Number Q57106568WFAA
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Old 22-04-2007, 02:42 AM
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The drive should physically fit, but won't connect to anything - the Macbook's Serial ATA drive won't connect to the iBook's Parallel ATA connector.

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Old 22-04-2007, 02:44 AM
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cheers for that Dana
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