Howdy, That should work. The only time you really notice a slowdown is when you are doing something like ripping CDs. Then, you are pushing data to both devices on the same IDE channel. Make sure you set the jumpers on the drives so that the hard drive is master and the optical drive sis slave(or vice versa). Apple had a bad IDE chip on early B&W that would corrupt if you put two IDE devices on the same channel, but those defective chips were long gone when the G5 was made. Apple would have had to do something intentional to cause a similar problem on the G5. Good day, Ralph
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:54 -0500, Eric Volker 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 > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
