Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) and G4: No Support For Hard Drive in Zip Drive Expansion Bay

Products affected

• Power Mac G3 (Blue & White)
• Power Mac G4 (PCI)
• Power Mac G4 (AGP)
• Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
• Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
• Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver)
• Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002)
  

The drive bay is reserved exclusively for a Zip drive. A hard drive generates additional heat and has not been certified for use in the Zip drive bay. Other 3.5-inch height removable ATA-3 drives may be compatible. Check with the vendor of the drive for compatibility information and technical support.

Optical drives (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, CD-RW) are 5.25-inch devices and cannot physically fit in the 3.5-inch Zip drive bay and are also not supported.

Additional hard drives are intended to be mounted on the bottom of the case and require a SCSI card. Only Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) and Power Mac G4 computers with the U bracket in the hard drive expansion bay and a dual connector IDE cable can support two IDE drives in master and slave configuration. If the computer did not come with the dual connector IDE cable and U bracket, then additional hard drives are intended to be mounted on the bottom of the case and require a SCSI card.

For further information, refer to article 58193: "Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White): Additional Hard Drive Installation Options".