I just use this card from an old G4 that lets me use a PATA drive. I suppose someone was on the hunt for an SATA cable and before you got the computer took it. They can be significantly hidden, bu if you can't find them I suppose its time for cable hunting. Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC architecture.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 20, 2010, at 1:33 PM, TVirkkala wrote: > > I have a 1.8GHz G5 PowerMac and (as in sig below) a Dual Processor 2.3GHz >> PowerMac. >> >> The latter lacks the connector to add a second internal hard drive; it >> does possess the power connector. >> >> My 1.8GHz, which I am going to sell/give away, does possess a second, >> connected-and-working internal hard drive. >> >> Is it possible -- easy? -- to take the data connector from the 1.8GHz G5 >> and put it on the DP2.3GHZ G5? >> > > I think you've missed something here. The dual G5 should have both SATA > cables for two HDs. One set of cables comes from above the HD space, the > other set of cables comes from below the HD space. Either set can be > somewhat hidden if they're retracted back into the slots that house them. > There should be mounting screws, the special hemispherical ones, for a 2nd > HD mounted onto the plastic wall of the HD fan housing. If you don't have > the correct cables & screws for a 2nd HD this means someone has removed them > previously. The G5 takes standard SATA cables, preferably with matching > bends to the OEM Apple cables. The mounting screws are harder to come by, > and many people have modified other screws to work successfully. If you need > even more HDs, the Sonnet G5 Jive bracket works will, and the Firmtek > Seritek SATA cards are the best option if you need bootable HDs within a G5 > Jive unit. > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
