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adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 10:58 pm
by 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

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: October 23rd, 2008, 11:36 pm
by 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.

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: October 28th, 2008, 11:45 pm
by josearturo
OK. Thanks. I'm going for it.

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:49 pm
by 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.

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: October 29th, 2008, 11:53 pm
by Turboladdade
kriegvision wrote: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

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: January 13th, 2009, 1:20 am
by phil connors
josearturo wrote:OK. Thanks. I'm going for it.
Did you have any problems?

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: May 4th, 2010, 4:39 am
by current
Does anyone have a brand or model of preference in terms of selecting a SATA internal hard drive?

Re: adding internal SATA Hard drives to PowerMac g4

Posted: May 4th, 2010, 9:51 am
by sxbaan
I seem to have a bias toward Seagate hard drives. I've been buying them for as long as I can remember now.