Thank you all for the help and tips as I really appreciate them!!! I guess I'm going through the PPC blues, especially when I read on other Mac sites about performance and all the new power available from even the mini intel. And of course, all the groaning of PPC Mac users. (Like mine)
I'm not giving up though. Here's the goofy card I messed up buying, and I got it a few months ago so I can't return it and I only paid 20 bucks for it on the x-mas sale @ OWC: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA1SC1/ yes, it was a typo, it's 1sc1. I could actually use it with an ATA drive when I get a PCI SATA card. So there's a solution to this mess!!! I would go for FW 800 Boot, but it won't do OS 9. FW 400 is nice, so maybe. I may just finally get the Sonnet or the Seritek PCI card and give this old champ DA a final last run for my money. No sense in leaving this old friend behind on the gigabytes and fun! FW 400 will be needed for backups and media, etc. I know some people here may be getting tired of me talking about how I'm going to upgrade this, but I made an honest mistake by my misunderstanding of what I was getting. The description of the 1SC1 confused me. Also, correct me if I'm wrong. I could use my PCI 9200 radeon for OS 9 booting and still have a newer 9800 ATi card? Swap the monitor cord when booting to the 9200 PCI for OS 9 from my AGP card? Cheers, Mike Anyway, I'm just trying to get the get the best of both worlds in my upgrading and it's not always easy On Feb 22, 11:25 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: > > > I got the wrong SATA connector for my drive I just ordered. It's the > > Seritek SCS1. > > I don't see any such model of Seritek card? You may have transposed > the model# ? > > > I thought it was for using SATA on ATA bus, but it's for ATA/ IDE on > > SATA. > > Return it, or sell it. Bootable SATA will require another Seritek card. > > You might consider booting from an external Firewire HD which is > probably cheaper than an SATA HD and a Seritek card. -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
