>I bought a large Maxtor160 GB drive because of the rebates and thought I >would get the Sonnet ATA 133 from OWC to run it in the S-900 but I wasn't >aware that putting that card in the top slots was critical or that I would >need a fan for the drive. Is that absolute?
Mark, Absolute? Absolutely not. It's a judgement call. I mentioned that I put one on the hottest drive in my S900. Or more accurately, I put my hottest drive (Maxtor 80gig ATA133) in the bay associated with the built-in fan housing. This HDD was obviously hotter than a WD 60gig and a WD 30gig (all 7200rpm) after they ran without fans for a while. Made sense to me. It's no longer hot to the touch. An under-disk fan cooler (a thin fan with housing that mounts to directly onto the HDD) is even more efficient and can be used in a 5.25" bay with these 3.5" HDDs. As for my earlier statement "...but the ATA contoller will need to go into ane of the top two slots to avoid the PCI-PCI bridge problem associated with the lower four slots" it _is_ too dogmatic. ATA card compatibility with the lower 4 slots does depend on the model of the card (chip manufacturer, actually). For the once common but now discontinued ATA66 cards, Sonnet Tempo66 and VST UltraTek66, the Sonnet has been used successfully in the lower 4 slots but the VST card gives problems in common configurations. I haven't done the tests with the VST, so I won't get into that. These are the two I've used so I'll be wiser, especially this time of night, and wait for someone to speak from experience about the Sonnet ATA133 card. Mea culpa for the earlier dogma about this issue, but the original post had gone unanswered for a day or so and I was trying to take the load off those who are relied on so often. -Bruce -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
