[G4] AGP hard drive question

[David DelMonte]

Jay, open up the box and see where the drive cables are connected. If  
they connect directly to the mother board, they are ATA/IDE. If they  
connect to a PCI card, take out the card and see what's printed on it  
- if it's SCSI or IDE, it should say so. (Dont forget to pull the  
power plug before this manoever).

Let us know the outcome.

David


On Feb 6, 2006, at 3:56 PM, JayB wrote:

>
> On Feb 6, 2006, at 2:31 PM, James Asherman wrote:
>
>>
>>> I've upgraded my g4/500 to 1ghtz via Sonnet.
>>>
>>> One of the factory 18gb Ultra II SCSI drives has cacked.
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>>
>>> What are my drive options?  Can I replace it with a regular ATA  
>>> drive (plug & play)?
>>
>>
>> Not at all. SCSI and ATA are two different animals.
>> You could maybe get a SATA PCI card and start from there w/ ATA  
>> drives.
>>
>>
>>> Or is there going to be a problem with this ultra SCSI cable inside?
>>
>> Possibly the cable has become unseated while you were installing  
>> your CPU.
>>
>
> The drive cacked while I was wiping it clean w/ disk utilities  
> (writing zeros and ones).  Drive crashed 15% after it was being  
> erased.  Couldn't get it to mount using Disk Utilities or another  
> utlitly program.
>
> I had installed the CPU over a year ago.
>
> The part that is confusing is, a nearby authorized shop who had  
> done warranty work for me on this unit in the past said just  
> replace it w/ any ATA drive.  But I was guessing that the two  
> (Apple factory installed) Ultra SCSI drives DO NOT use the same  
> cables or drivers as IDE or ATA.  This has left me a bit confused.
>
> This G4 is only going to be used for another year I suspect and I  
> don't need more than 40gigs on the 2nd drive (the one that  
> cacked).  I'm jsut looking for the easiest and cheapest route (esp.  
> since it's worth no more than $400 now).
>
> Another helpful soul had also advised that I probably had IDE bus,  
> but I just don't know enough to be able to confirm either way.
>
> Clarity Please?  (and thanks for helping!)
>
> ~Jay
>
>
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