Greetings, I have a G4 Power Mac AGP Graphics that I purchased new from Apple in 1999, 1.75Gb RAM Memory and an up-grade to a 1.25Ghz G4 processor.
I'm using the ACARD 6280M which seams to run just fine. I've had it installed for about 2 years. However the 6280M doesn't accept any external connections. It can only take two (2) internal SATA drives. Cheers Harry ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Dec 21, 11:12 am, Len Gerstel <lgers...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
