S styrax macrumors newbie Original poster Feb 20, 2002 3 0 Oct 22, 2012 #1 Is it possible to use a 3 TB HD in the latest Mac Pro?
phoenixsan macrumors 65816 Oct 19, 2012 1,342 2 Oct 22, 2012 #3 Yes, if.... You use as storage. But you can run on troubles if want to boot from it.....
T The-Pro macrumors 65816 Dec 2, 2010 1,453 40 Germany Oct 22, 2012 #4 yep, I have a Western Digital caviar Green 3TB running right now
J JuniperMonkeys macrumors newbie Jul 15, 2012 11 2 Oct 22, 2012 #5 Yes, and you can boot from it just fine. You'll only have trouble if you use it with the Apple RAID card, where (IIRC) it shows up as 2.2TB.
Yes, and you can boot from it just fine. You'll only have trouble if you use it with the Apple RAID card, where (IIRC) it shows up as 2.2TB.
hfg macrumors 68040 Dec 1, 2006 3,621 312 Cedar Rapids, IA. USA Oct 22, 2012 #6 phoenixsan said: You use as storage. But you can run on troubles if want to boot from it..... Click to expand... Could you elaborate on that? Why does a 3TB drive present a boot problem?
phoenixsan said: You use as storage. But you can run on troubles if want to boot from it..... Click to expand... Could you elaborate on that? Why does a 3TB drive present a boot problem?
S styrax macrumors newbie Original poster Feb 20, 2002 3 0 Oct 22, 2012 #7 Thank you all very much. Styrax
slughead macrumors 68040 Apr 28, 2004 3,107 237 Oct 23, 2012 #8 hfg said: Could you elaborate on that? Why does a 3TB drive present a boot problem? Click to expand... Yes, I agree. What? I had not heard of this.
hfg said: Could you elaborate on that? Why does a 3TB drive present a boot problem? Click to expand... Yes, I agree. What? I had not heard of this.
K kendall69 macrumors regular Sep 1, 2011 112 6 Oct 23, 2012 #9 I put in a 4T in an old 2008, works perfect