[G4] AGP hard drive question

[JayB]

OUCH!  -- just kidding.

OK, it's connected to a PCI card " SCSI  LVD/SE"  -- It has an external 
connection that is what I thought might be an Ultra SCSI port.  Guess 
it is after all, huh?

So, if I understand the situation- I'm stuck with either finding a 
similar SCSI drive to replace the dead one, or ..... what?  Getting 
another PCI card for SATA?

This caked drive is mostly used as a scratch drive (I'm a prof. photog 
and use Photoshop every day) and for a couple of aps.  I  had used it 
also as my OS-X start-up drive.  I still use a fair number of OS9 aps 
and all the data and other aps are on the other Ultra SCSI drive.  I 
really don't want to replace both drives.  That would pretty much 
convince me to bail on this machine altogether.

Perhaps I should blow off having 2 internal drives and just use an 
external FW drive for DATA and Scratch?  Wouldn't this drop performance 
for PS?


On Feb 6, 2006, at 3:08 PM, David DelMonte wrote:

> 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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