Alan, >From my own experience, there aren't any significant problems with running only ATA drives UNLESS you will be doing audio/video recording/editing that has to go through the PCI bus of the 7500. The ATA cards take up a large amount of PCI bandwidth and this can negatively affect the ability of audio/video capture cards to function properly.
Certain ATA cards also had problems with audio playback on older Macs and you should contact the manufacturer of your ATA card and directly ask them if there are any audio or video playback issues associated with using their card on a legacy machine. I don't have any problems with my Sonnet Tempo in my S900, but I don't capture audio/video on it either. George --- Alan Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are there any caveats in running only ATA drives in > legacy macs and > clones ? > > The original Western Digital 4.6 gb 7200 RPM SCSI > drive still occupies > address 0 in the s900. > However, it is hardly ever used. > The first 2 gb partition on a Seagate UW drive has > been my startup > volume for several years. > The Initio Miles UW card is in slot 1 but I can't > remember what the SCSI > address is for the drive. > I never had to mess with the address pin settings, > nor did I have to > deal with termination. > Same thing with the ATA card and drive that were > installed - plug and > play. > > The question is.... > > Is the "Address 0" necessary if I eliminate SCSI > drives ? > There would be only ATA drives for internal storage. > I am looking to use only ATA in a 7500 as well as > maybe a second s900. > > Thanks, > > Alan > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
