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Max hard drive limit on an Early 2006 iMac

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Greetings all,

I'm going to rebuild a relative's Early 2006 iMac, currently with a Core Duo processor.

First thing - upping the storage capability. I come from the Windows world (no offense) and older machines have a BIOS limit (like 8.4 GB for real old machines, 137 GB, etc), where the BIOS could only see a certain amount of drive space, but the OS would create 2 partitions.

I am aware that Mac doesn't have BIOS, but I've heard everything under the sun about the capacity that can be used, like 2 TB, 750 GB, then 2.2 TB, then really anything.

I was shooting for 3 TB - is that doable with this machine, or am I going to hit a HDD limit?

Also, side question somewhat related - the replacement processor (T7600) - is Socket M, correct?

Thanks!

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iMac Intel 17"

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Max hard drive limit on an Early 2006 iMac

crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:

Greetings all,

I'm going to rebuild a relative's Early 2006 iMac, currently with a Core Duo processor.

First thing - upping the storage capability. I come from the Windows world (no offense) and older machines have a BIOS limit (like 8.4 GB for real old machines, 137 GB, etc), where the BIOS could only see a certain amount of drive space, but the OS would create 2 partitions.

I am aware that Mac doesn't have BIOS, but I've heard everything under the sun about the capacity that can be used, like 2 TB, 750 GB, then 2.2 TB, then really anything.

I was shooting for 3 TB - is that doable with this machine, or am I going to hit a HDD limit?

Also, side question somewhat related - the replacement processor (T7600) - is Socket M, correct?

Thanks!

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iMac Intel 17"

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Max hard drive limit on an Early 2006 iMac

crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:

Greetings all,

I'm going to rebuild a relative's Early 2006 iMac, currently with a Core Duo processor.

First thing - upping the storage capability. I come from the Windows world (no offense) and older machines have a BIOS limit (like 8.4 GB for real old machines, 137 GB, etc), where the BIOS could only see a certain amount of drive space, but the OS would create 2 partitions.

I am aware that Mac doesn't have BIOS, but I've heard everything under the sun about the capacity that can be used, like 2 TB, 750 GB, then 2.2 TB, then really anything.

I was shooting for 3 TB - is that doable with this machine, or am I going to hit a HDD limit?

Also, side question somewhat related - the replacement processor (T7600) - is Socket M, correct?

Thanks!

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crwdns2934245:0crwdne2934245:0 VictorVictor5

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crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:

Greetings all,

I'm going to rebuild a relative's Early 2006 iMac, currently with a Core Duo processor.

First thing - upping the storage capability. I come from the Windows world (no offense) and older machines have a BIOS limit (like 8.4 GB for real old machines, 137 GB, etc), where the BIOS could only see a certain amount of drive space, but the OS would create 2 partitions.

I am aware that Mac doesn't have BIOS, but I've heard everything under the sun about the capacity that can be used, like 2 TB, 750 GB, then 2.2 TB, then really anything.

I was shooting for 3 TB - is that doable with this machine, or am I going to hit a HDD limit?

Also, side question somewhat related - the replacement processor (T7600) - is Socket M, correct?

Thanks!

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iMac Intel 17" 1.83 ghz Core Duo

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Max hard drive limit

crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:

Greetings all,

I'm going to rebuild a relative's Early 2006 iMac, currently with a Core Duo processor.

First thing - upping the storage capability. I come from the Windows world (no offense) and older machines have a BIOS limit (like 8.4 GB for real old machines, 137 GB, etc), where the BIOS could only see a certain amount of drive space, but the OS would create 2 partitions.

I am aware that Mac doesn't have BIOS, but I've heard everything under the sun about the capacity that can be used, like 2 TB, 750 GB, then 2.2 TB, then really anything.

I was shooting for 3 TB - is that doable with this machine, or am I going to hit a HDD limit?

Also, side question somewhat related - the replacement processor (T7600) - is Socket M, correct?

Thanks!

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iMac Intel 17" 1.83 ghz Core Duo

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