adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

[josearturo]

I'm considering adding two sata internal drives to my g4. Can some advise if the following equipment is compatible with the g4?

1 Tempo PCI SATA card $80
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_serial_ata.html


2 Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive
7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM $140
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... ywgfCjCmH4

Thanks,

arturo

[Turboladdade]

The Sonnet cards are specifically designed for use with your Mac and will work fine. The drives them selves are all interchangeable; it doesn't matter if you have a drive from WD or Seagate or Hitachi, they all connect to and operate the same. So I'd say go for it.

[josearturo]

OK. Thanks. I'm going for it.

[kriegvision]

Let us know how that works out. I vaguely remember reading somewhere (maybe here) that someone had done it and despite what Sonnet's website says, it was giving them trouble. I doubt that is the case for most people, but would still like some reassurance.

[Turboladdade]

I vaguely remember reading somewhere (maybe here) that someone had done it and despite what Sonnet's website says, it was giving them trouble.

Perhaps in this thread?

Installing More Than 128 GB Internal Hard Drive in a G4

[phil connors]

OK. Thanks. I'm going for it.

Did you have any problems?

[current]

Does anyone have a brand or model of preference in terms of selecting a SATA internal hard drive?

[sxbaan]

I seem to have a bias toward Seagate hard drives. I've been buying them for as long as I can remember now.