[X-Newbies] how to seamlessly use added hard drive

[Philip J Robar]

On Sep 10, 2006, at 5:48 AM, Charles Howse wrote:

> On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Eugene wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 06:56:31PM CDT, Charles Howse  
>> <chowse at charter.net> wrote:
>> :
>> : On Sep 8, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Chris Beamis wrote:
>> :
>> : >I just installed a new 370GB IDE drive as the slave.
>> :
>> : Can someone confirm that I can take an IDE drive from a PC and
>> : install it in my PowerMac G5 (early 2005) running 10.4.7?
>> :
>> : I searched around on Apple.com and Googled, but didn't find  
>> anything
>> : definitive.
>>
>> Even though the last PowerMac G5 models went with Serial ATA
>> for the hard drives, you can still connect an IDE hard drive
>> to the internal Ultra ATA/100 bus that is connected to the
>> CD/DVD drive.
>
> Problem...
> I looked inside my PowerMac, and the data cable for the DVD drive  
> doesn't have another connector on it, nor is there a spare power  
> connector like in PC power supplies, nor is there another connector  
> on the MB for a second optical drive.
> Am I SOL?

No, the data cable can be replaced (though it may be more trouble  
than it's worth depending on how it's routed) and you can get a Y  
power cable that attaches to the end of the existing cable. Don't pay  
pay more than a few dollars for either.

Phil