on 6/1/04 2:18 AM, Mark Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2004, at 07:55 am, Herman Van Meerbeeck wrote: > >> I want to put a HD (IDE) firewire but external into a G5 Mac (put out >> the drive and mount into the G5. >> Is this possible ? >> >> IDE , ATA drives, is there a different ? > > There is no compatibility problems between conventional IDE an ATA 33, > ATA 66, ATA 100 and ATA 133 - all will work on modern IDE systems. > However, the G5 uses Serial ATA (SATA 150) which is a very different > standard of data cable. You can however buy adapter boards to plug > IDE/ATA drives into SATA computers.
Apple says that SATA to PATA adapters aren't supported in the G5s. The G5s DO have a normal PATA bus for the optical drive, and it's possible (though not pretty) to attach an ATA/IDE hard drive to that bus. More info here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G5/G5_PATA_drives/ But come on, if you can afford a G5, you can almost certainly afford a nice new SATA internal drive. Then just plug in the old external FireWire drive, copy the stuff to the new internal drive, and give the old drive to a less fortunate Mac user. Or sell it on eBay to recoup some of the cost of the new drive. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
