[G4] ATA/133 card advice

[sr ferenczy]

SIIG and acard and sonnet are all the same (all use the same acard 
chipset) i have a SIIG branded ata-133 non-raid card with 2 120GB WD SE 
8MB cache drives, they work wonderfully, and i get great speeds off of 
them (used for DV). the great thing about the SIIG (not sure about the 
sonnet) is that i can use either SIIG or acard firmware updates, both 
work equally well.
the toughest thing about the card/install was trying to route 2 more 
ide cables through the inside of my quicksilver case...

peace
sandor

On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 05:28  AM, csean at poc.it wrote:

>> i LOVE my sonnet tempo 133 card.... it's light years ahead of the 
>> onboard
>> ide, (and it allows me to not worry about my b&w g3's (now g4/550) ide
>> issues.  it took my 200G harddisk without a blink.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] G4 533Mhz Tower and a 200 GB hard drive - not !
>>
>>
>> Thanks to everyone for the help,
>> So it looks like I need a PCI ATA/133 card - anyone got any 
>> suggestions as
>> to which one?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tony.
>
>
> I'm also thinking of getting an ATA/133 card for my G4 Sawtooth, as 
> I'd like to install 2 x Western Digital 8MB cache drives (1 x 80GB, 1 
> x 40GB) on separate buses (busses?), and leave the original 20GB on 
> the computer bus as the startup disk. Got a good price on the drives, 
> so why not...
>
> Anyway, I think I remember reading that most of the ATA/133 cards were 
> made by the same manufacturer, then rebadged as Sonnet, SIIG, etc.
> Might have been a Macworld article, and IIRC, Macworld concluded that 
> as the cards were essentially the same, the only differences were 
> Warranty, Documentation and maybe extras, like cables. They concluded 
> that the SIIG was the best deal, as it had a 5-year warranty. Nice.
> I also noticed at OWC <www.macsales.com> that the SIIG ATA/133 is a 
> relatively bargain priced $79. Double nice.
>
> Anyone have anything good or bad to say about the SIIG ATA/133 card?
>
> Any known problems with: 1) XLR8 G4/550 upgrade, 2) Nvidia Geforce4 MX 
> video card, 3) OS 9.x or 10.1.5?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>