[G4] swapping boot drive to PCI ATA controller card

Glenn Peterson glennsan at mac.com
Wed Sep 28 22:40:20 PDT 2005


All,

I am wondering the same as I would like to increase my HD size and system
speed at the same time.  Has anyone tried this already and would you please
share the results with us?  Thank you.

Glenn


> From: Wayne Clodfelter <wayne at troutnc.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
> <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:55:09 -0400
> To: "G4 maillist G4 computers." <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [G4] swapping boot drive to PCI ATA controller card
> 
> I have purchased an UltraATA 133 card to get better performance from
> my internal ATA drives on my QuickSilver.
> Is it as simple as install the card and reroute the controller end of
> the drive cable from the built-in controller on the mobo to the card
> and restart? Or is there more to it than that?
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wayne Clodfelter
> wayne at troutnc.com
> 
> 
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