Re: SATA PCI card for dual 800 quicksilver
thanks for all the inputs- I was primarily looking at large storage, not necessarily bootable (but something to obviously consider that I wouldn't have without these responses ). SATA appears to be the least expensive/most available hard drives On Jun 15, 4:43 pm, Stewie de Young wrote: > That is NOT going to work. > Illirik Smirnov > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:53 AM, mlsimm...@aol.com wrote: > > CompUSA lists a "Masscool XWT-RC061 3 Port SATA PCI Card - 2 internal SATA, > External SATA, 1.5Gbps Support" for $20 ---it says The board provides a > 32bit, 33/66 MHz PCI interface on the host side, fully compliant Serial ATA > ports on the device side to access Serial ATA mobile storage devices and > standard media such as Hard Disk drive, floppy disk drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, > DVD, DVD-ROM, etc... 3 Serial ATA port (two internal and one external), Has > anyone had any luck with using this or any other generic cards on a > quicksilver running Tiger > > This card appears to have significant problems in Windows, so it's very > unlikely it will perform well in OS X. It appears to use a VIA chipset. The > biggest problem I foresee on a Quicksilver is that the card won't be > bootable, you need a card with Mac boot ROM, so most PC cards that "work" > under OS X are strictly for storage only, they can't boot under normal > conditions. This card seems to be a RAID card, meaning that individual HDs > aren't useable as separate drives. I don't think this is a good solution for > a PPC Mac. > > The only cards that I'm aware of that have the PPC Mac boot ROM are the > Firmtek cards and perhaps the Acard? There are cards like that Sonnet that > are rebranded Firmtek cards, there may be others, but be sure you can boot IF > you need to boot. If you don't need to boot, Silicon Image cards have Mac > support and are very reasonably priced, but they won't boot on a PPC Mac. > > I have to agree with Illrik and Kris > here. Most PCI cards that have the Via or Ali chipset whether it is a > USB2.0 , SATA or IDE card are problematical on the Mac and cause issues > like sleep problems or i the case of this SATA card just won't be > recognised. > > These cards below are known to work on a Mac and most if not all are bootable > with a connected HD and correct OS version. > > Prices are roughly what I have gleaned from the 'net. > > My preference is for the SeriTek/1S2 as I have two in different G4s and they > work great with attached internal drives. > > Others like the Sonnet Tempo SATA X4P have eSATA external ports only but > those attached hard drives are bootable > > FirmTek SeriTek/1S2 : two port internal $64 US > > FirmTek SeriTek/1V4 : $ 109 US : > > Sonnet's Tempo™ SATA X4i 4-port : $178 US > > Sonnet Tempo SATA X4P PCI and PCI-X 4 port external eSata only - no internal > SATA ports $ 299 US > > SIIG Serial ATA PCI card : $59 US > > 2 channel > > SIIG SC-SA4011 4-Channel PCI to SATA Host Adapter : $65 US > > Acard AEC-6280M 2-Channel PCI to IDE Host Adapter : $70 US > > Mac OS8.5,OS9 and OSX > > Acard AEC-6293M 2-Channel PCI to IDE+SATA Host Adapter : $80 US > > Acard AEC-6290M 2-Channel PCI to IDE+SATA Host Adapter : $80 US > > Stewie > > _ > If It Exists, You'll Find it on SEEK. Australia's #1 job > sitehttp://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/ -- 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
SATA PCI card for dual 800 quicksilver
CompUSA lists a "Masscool XWT-RC061 3 Port SATA PCI Card - 2 internal SATA, External SATA, 1.5Gbps Support" for $20 ---it says The board provides a 32bit, 33/66 MHz PCI interface on the host side, fully compliant Serial ATA ports on the device side to access Serial ATA mobile storage devices and standard media such as Hard Disk drive, floppy disk drive, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-ROM, etc... 3 Serial ATA port (two internal and one external), Has anyone had any luck with using this or any other generic cards on a quicksilver running Tiger -- 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
Re: hard disk transfer
Thanks for responding -when you say little or no problems, it implys that there might be little problems? are there any that come to mind? The 80gig drive is partitioned into 3 partitions and I haven't really challenged the size so I'm clearly not a power user. OTOH I've read conflicting reports of this quicksilver version being able to recognize anything over 128GB. I do have a 160GB drive sitting around because the Yikes wouldn't recognize it On Jun 2, 6:49 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Jun 2, 2010, at 8:31 PM, mlsimmons wrote: > > > I have been using a Yikes G4 with 1G ram and running Tiger 10.4.11 on > > a 80 gig hard drive for a long time now- tiger has slowed down the > > machine and youtube video is just too choppy (partially due to a > > relatively slow DSL account). I just picked up a dual processor 800 > > Quicksilver for $50. I'm not looking forward to loading up all the > > software and transfering all my files and preferences onto the > > Quicksilver. What problems would I have,if any, of simply just moving > > the hard drive from the Yikes to the Quicksilver > > You can transfer the HD with little or no problems anticipated. > > Alternatively, it might be better to get a newer, larger HD for the > QS, I see 500GB PATA IDE for $49. Then you can either clone your > System from the Yikes; or do a clean installation and use Migration > Assistant to move the accounts and data across. > > Any of these methods should be fine. -- 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
hard disk transfer
I have been using a Yikes G4 with 1G ram and running Tiger 10.4.11 on a 80 gig hard drive for a long time now- tiger has slowed down the machine and youtube video is just too choppy (partially due to a relatively slow DSL account). I just picked up a dual processor 800 Quicksilver for $50. I'm not looking forward to loading up all the software and transfering all my files and preferences onto the Quicksilver. What problems would I have,if any, of simply just moving the hard drive from the Yikes to the Quicksilver -- 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
