anyone had success putting an SSD in a G5 and getting the maximum speed out of it? issues i'm aware of include the native SATA-1 interface, which will limit speed to a theoretical max of 187.5 MB/s, regardless of how fast the SSD itself is. the way around that is to use an expansion slot and a SATA-2 or SATA-3 controller. problem is, i'm having a hard time finding a PCI-e SATA-3 controller that's compatible and bootable. i tried one of the Apricorn Velocity Solo cards (PCI-e/sata-3 controller and carrier for 2.5" SSD), and it is indeed bootable in a 2009 MacPro, but it is invisible in my G5 quad. system profiler and disk utility don't even know it's there. it's "supposed" to work in ANY computer with a PCI-e slot. waiting to hear back from customer support.
one bit of good news i can share is that at $43 (sans drive) it was an appealing alternative to the much more costly Sonnet cards, and outrageously expensive Accelsior cards, and it works flawlessly in a MacPro, delivering a read/write speed of 480 MB/s (if your SSD is up to it), just not the G5 i intended it for. anyone have any other suggestions, or success stories with other hdwe? TIA for all replies. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
