[G5] Hard drive retrofit from G5 iMac to G4 Quicksilver!

B G briang113 at pacbell.net
Tue Oct 6 16:11:03 PDT 2009


You need an SATA adapter, that will plug into one of your PCI slots.

Do a search for SATA PCI Controller or expansion card for G4, there  
were quite a few out there.

Sonnet Tempo SATA PCI Expansion Card is one.

I think i have a firmtek in mine, I would have to open it up and look.

On Oct 6, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Pat Crowe wrote:

>
> I thought I would use the hard drive from my now-useless iMac G5 in  
> a Quicksilver 2002 G4.
> It seems, however, that the connectors are totally different.
> Does anybody know if a suitable cable is available to put into the  
> G4 to allow this swap to happen and, if so, where such an item can  
> be obtained?
> Pat Crowe.
> Adelaide. Australia.
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