As chance would have it, this is the same Firmtek card that I have in my DA running a 36Gb Raptor and OS10.4.11 and doing it well. I think what he is after though is whether these cards can have a DVD drive plugged into them that you can boot off. I don't have a SATA optical drive that I can plug into it and test it to see if it is also bootable. >From what I have read some can , some can't.
Stewie > From: billycarm...@verizon.net > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: SATA card for DVD burner in a MDD > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:18:06 -0500 > > > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 9:09 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > > Ross , I thought someone might have weighed in with some advice by > > now but not so far. > > I don't know the answer to your question but if you go here > > http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso > > and just select > > Interface type - "IDE Serial ATA PCI card" and > > Mac Model - MDD" > > Then click the search button, I get 5 results with all the info. > > Changing the Mac Model to "Apple Dual CPU " and hitting the search > > button again > > I get a lot more. > > Hopefully somewhere in there amongst all the posts you will be able > > to glean the right info. > > > > > Don't know if its the cheapest, but this one is working well in my DA > Dual G4 533 (SATA 1TB Seagate off it only at present): > > FirmTek SeriTek/1S2 Internal Serial ATA Host Adapter > > https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/FTST1S2/ > > 2 ports for SATA internal drives, PCI controller. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Want to know what your boss is paid? Check out The Great Australian Pay Check now http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
