on 8/6/03 7:16 PM, Len Gerstel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 07:41 PM, Monroe Street Books wrote: > >> 1st I installed a Sonnet Tempo ATA 133 card into a B&W G3 rev 1 > >> The ATA is recognized in what is identified as a SCSI bus. >> >> I assume it's problem and did not proceed. Does anyone know what I >> have >> done wrong? >> > You did nothing wrong. That is how ATA cards work on the Mac, they fool > the system into seeing attached drives as scsi. There are some very > technical reasons why they have to do this trick, but don't worry. Just > hook up your drive, format it with drive setup (if you are in 9) or > Disk Utility in X and be prepared to be blown away at the speed boost. > I went from transfer rates around 5 meg/sec with the 6 gig on my beige > to around 40 meg/sec with a Siig ATA 133 card and an IBM 80g drive. > > Enjoy the speed boost > Len/Everyone, I have a Beige G3 DT. Will a ATA 133 card work for me? I have ATA 100 drives but will there be any difference in speed or do I need to get a ATA 133 drive?
What card will work with the Beige?
Thanks, Byron
I used the Siig ATA-133 card mentioned above in my Beige G3 Rev A desktop and a Western Digital 7200 rpm 20GB ATA-100 drive with success, at least until the 9.1 partition disappeared in what I assume to be an unrelated event. I had some initial problems with this drive and an Ahard Acard PCI-66 controller that I believe may have been due to the incompatibility of the drive itself with the card. I believe that others here have used ATA-100 drives with ATA-133 controllers?
-Eric
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