PATA to SATA conversion
Hi All I have a G4 Dual 1.25 MDD with a sick HDD and I think I should convert from PATA drives to SATA as suggested by a lister but I don't know about the SATA cards like which one is good also the MDD has four HDD bays. I really want to max the drive capacities. It would be convenient because my Stanley Steamer ( G5 PM Dual 2.7) uses SATA drives. I'm wondering if this is a top notch conversion or kinda a novel patch type thing. Also I need to boot OS9 so a partition on one drive of 180 Gig would be necessary? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: PATA to SATA conversion
On Mar 21, 2010, at 2:40 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a G4 Dual 1.25 MDD with a sick HDD and I think I should convert from PATA drives to SATA as suggested by a lister but I don't know about the SATA cards like which one is good also the MDD has four HDD bays. I really want to max the drive capacities. It would be convenient because my Stanley Steamer ( G5 PM Dual 2.7) uses SATA drives. I'm wondering if this is a top notch conversion or kinda a novel patch type thing. Also I need to boot OS9 so a partition on one drive of 180 Gig would be necessary? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA I'm running a SeriTek/1S2 SATA controller with a Seagate 1TB drive attached on my DA Dual 533. QuickBench gives R/W speeds of about 95/96 MB/sec for its extended test. My 750GB Seagate PATA on my QS Dual 1GHz gives R/W ~57/60 MB/s for comparison. I notice the difference ... -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: [Bulk] PATA to SATA conversion
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 2:40 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I have a G4 Dual 1.25 MDD with a sick HDD and I think I should convert from PATA drives to SATA as suggested by a lister but I don't know about the SATA cards like which one is good also the MDD has four HDD bays. Another possible way to go that might work for you is to use a simple SATA to PATA adapter dongle card instead of a SATA PCI card. I'm thinking of one of the small converters which has the SATA connectors on it. For example/pictures only, something like this: http://www.amazon.com/SATA-PATA-Drive-Interface-Adapter/dp/B002Y2NI4M (For some reason these are harder to find than the ones designed to allow connecting a PATA drive to a SATA port.) -irrational john -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
