thanks for the advice! Jeff On Jan 24, 2009, at 10:49 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:12 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >> Ok, quick question... I have a nice 500gb sata 3.5 that needs to live >> in my MDD 1.25 or 1.42. What card do I need to make this work? a sata >> controller card and? how do the drives get power? is there a "kit" >> that I could get for this? Thanks, Jeff > > It'll be cheaper to sell the SATA HD get a 500 GB PATA HD and use it > instead. To use the SATA HD you'll need an SATA PCI controller card > that's bootable (I'm assuming you mean to boot from it?). If you don't > need to boot, and don't need OS 9, there are inexpensive SATA cards > that aren't bootable, most using a Silicon Image chipset and special > OS X extensions to enable the card (hence, not bootable). You can get > a non-bootable card for $15-20 shipped on eBay. OWC has bootable > Firmtek cards for about $70-75 shipped, but again, the PATA HD is > cheaper (after you sell the SATA) and just as fast. > > > > Paypal strongly preferred at: [email protected] Ships from: Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 208-935-0992 eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
