[G5] Another dead iMac G5.

Fabian Fang ftf at mac.com
Wed Jun 2 15:28:47 PDT 2010


On Jun 2, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> I assume the iMac G5 uses SATA drives, while the G4 Quicksilver uses  
> EIDE
> drives?
>
> The best bet is an external Firewire enclosure (but these might be  
> hard to
> find).
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Pat Crowe wrote:
>
>> Like many others, I have a dead iMac G5 on my hands. The hard drive  
>> was removed with the idea of putting it into my G4 Quicksilver to  
>> retain access to its files.
>> However, it appears that it needs different connecting cables to  
>> mate it with the Quicksilver. Specifically, what cables do I need  
>> to do this and/or would it be better to install it in a suitable  
>> external hard drive case and go that route?


FireWire enclosures are in fact widely available, from vendors such as  
OWC:

<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/add-ons-and-hubs/enclosure- 
kits>


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