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Old 25-04-2007, 06:12 AM
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SATA PCI card "will this Work?"
After installing a new HD the other day I now have a spare 80 GB
I was thinking of an external enclosure for around $50 but would this SATA card work??

http://www.gamedude.com.au/prod_show..._no=sataXSraid

I have seen other's at mac retailers all over $100
is there any diff except price?
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Old 25-04-2007, 07:59 AM
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No idea, but if you bought one from a Mac retailer such as Streetwise, Epowermac or the like then it would work for sure.
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Old 25-04-2007, 10:15 AM
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A SATA card more or less has to be badged for Mac to be able to use it.
I was lucky to pick one up off eBay second hand that worked well, however you may want to look further.
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Old 25-04-2007, 10:47 AM
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From my own meddlings, SATA PCI cards based on VIA or Silicon Image (SIL) chipsets will not work in a Mac, SiiG ones will.

And if you were thinking of popping it into your PowerMac G5, you will need to find a PCI-X card, not PCI or PCI-E.

You'd be much better off buying an external SATA box that you can hook up via FireWire or USB -- then you'd have a nice big box you can use for backups or as totable storage,


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Old 25-04-2007, 12:20 PM
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some will, some won't

I'd say just about any will work provided that you don't wish to boot from it - OSX should detect the device as a standard SATA controller as they do not require drivers for operation at all.

I am about to do the same thing with my PowerMac G4 and might buy an el-cheapo IDE controller for my REV A powermac G3.

This article might be of interest to you: http://www.macmod.com/content/view/725/
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Old 25-04-2007, 04:53 PM
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looks like external is the go on price
thanks for you thoughts
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