Okay, I will add my two cents in as well... I have a g3 beige mt 333 I installed a brand new 20 gig maxtor hd that is ata133. After using the osx.2 disk to boot and partition the drive, I rebooted and started installing osx.2 After installation, I powered down, removed the dvd rom drive I was booting from, installed my cdrw that won't apple boot, and then powered up. No problems. However, when I went into about this mac I got a kernel panic. I rebooted and haven't looked back since. So YES, your ata133 drive will work on a ata33 controller. Having said that, with a 120gb drive will probably have a LOT less problems on a controller card rather than a 20gb hooked up to the onboard controller. However, mine was a brand new drive and I didn't initialize it. So.... On Wednesday, Feb 26, 2003, at 10:55 US/Mountain, James Morgan wrote:
>> --- James Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I recently put this same combination in a G3 DT but I put in >>> an A-Card ATA-133 PCI/IDE card and hooked the drive to it. Works like >>> a champ and boots as well. >>> >>> Much better to hook a new ATA 133 hard drive to an ATA 133 >>> controller than to hook it up to an ATA 33 or ATA 66 bus. >>> -- >>> MacSheep >> >> Did you have to re-initialize the drive? I.e., can you just plug a >> drive that has files on it and be recognized immediately? > -------------------- > This was a new hard drive and so I did initialize it. > > In the past I moved a hard drive that was initialized with > and run from the onboard IDE controller to an IDE/PCI card and it > didn't work. I hear this limitation has been overcome in newer > systems but I remain wary of doing it. So can't say if yours will > work or not. However, if it were me, and the hard drive was set up > on, say, an ATA 33 bus, I would not attempt to hook it up to and run > it from an ATA 133 PCI card. Just being cautious. > > If you have any way to save the data off the drive it is > safest to save the data somewhere off the drive first then hook the > drive to the ATA 133 card, write it to zero, initialize and partition > it, and then put the data back on it. > > > > > > > -- > MacSheep > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives > | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
