On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > toothgrisle wrote: >> I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card. snip > > I have the SeriTek/1S2 in my GigaBit Ethernet G4.
I have the same card in my Digital Audio. Works fine for me in 10.3, . 4 and .5. Bootable with no problems. I have a 1TB and a 500GB drive hanging off of it. Someone mentioned the Rocket Raid 1520. That card is not bootable so you would need to keep a pata drive hooked up for booting. Same with any card that is not bootable. Since smaller ata drives are getting long in the tooth and well past their warranties, I would go with a bootable card and SATA drive and install X on it. re: PCI and PCI-X: I have tried a PCI X card in a regular PCI slot and it worked fine. I BELIEVE that the PCI-X spec calls for cards to be backward compatible with the standard PCI slots. Trust, but verify. SATA I vs II: AFAIK, there are no Mac compatible PCI (or -X) SATA II cards, so the point is moot with respect to cards. Drives should fall back to the slower speed of a SATA I card, so that should not be a problem. The 1TB drive I have is a SATA II and I have had no problems with it on the SeriTek 1S2 SATA I card, Len -- 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
