[G4] Hard drive for MDD

[Bruce Ryan Nakamura]

Hello,

Thanks to everyone who offered me advice on the subject of SATA  
versus PATA hard drives.

Scot Bruce Nakamura

On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Jay E. Krauss, Jr. wrote:

> 	The cable sockets differ considerably; if you install a PCI-SATA  
> card with an internal cable connector, you can use an internal SATA  
> drive. Some older SATA drives had dual electrical input, so allowed  
> use of the MDDs four pin internal power cable, but many of the  
> newer ones only have a power strip attachment. I have not  
> investigated whether there is a four pin to power strip adapter.
> Jay
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>> Hello,
>>
>> Can the MDD's take a SATA internal hard drive?
>>
>> Are the cable sockets on a SATA drive exactly the same as on a  
>> PATA hard drive?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Scot Bruce Nakamura
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