So long as the entire IDE cable is under 18 inches, you should be good, IIRC. Some controllers will have problems with cables longer than 18 inches, probably due to signal crosstalk, etc. Just make sure to buy a high-quality cable, as I remember there being some problems with cheap round cables.
--Nathan On Sep 22, 12:54 pm, Eric Volker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Ralph, but I don't think that adapter will work in a G5. > While Googling around for a fix, I came across this 'hack' on > xlr8yourmac.com. I think this will work as a partial solution for me, > and the photos demonstrate just how tight the fit is for the drives > in a G5: > > http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G5/G5_PATA_drives/index.html > > My only concern with this would be the extra cabling between master > and slave. Does anyone think that would end up causing data > corruption, or just a bit of a slowdown? > > Thanks, > > Eric > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Ralph wrote: > > > > > Howdy, > > I have used the following device in a Linux system. I am still > > using > > a G4 Mac. I don't have a Mac that uses SATA, so I have not tried this > > in the machine you specify. But, I would be surprised if it does not > > work, and it is pretty inexpensive. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140268699076 > > The only problem I can imagince is whether there is room for this > > adapter to stick out the back of the IDE drive. Like I said above, I > > don't have a G5, and don't know their internals. I have seen another > > model that fit differently and does not need as much clearance in the > > back. If you don't think this will work, I'll try to track the other > > one down. A quick look this morning did not turn it up. > > I have no tie to this seller, other than that I have bought from > > them > > before. > > Good luck, > > Ralph > > > On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:00 -0500, Eric Volker wrote: > >> Is there anyway to shoehorn an old fashioned PATA/EIDE drive into a > >> Powermac G5? ... but I was hoping I could > >> avoid that with some kind of internal adapter. Does anyone know of > >> such a thing that will fit inside of a G5 and work reliably? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
