[G4] Two 5.25 drives

[sr ferenczy]

while it may work, the ATA spec limits cable length to 18 inches, and 
many drive manufacturers (such as hitachi/ibm) will not support 
anything connected with a longer cable-too high of an incidence of data 
corruption, etc. this is the whole reason apple was big into 
firewire-its whole purpose is to connect high speed external 
peripherals.

sandor

On Jan 9, 2004, at 10:42 PM, S Austen wrote:

> 1999, G4, 450, 10.2.8
>
> I recently swapped the original CD drive in my G4, for a pioneer A06 
> drive.  Now I'm considering trying to use the old CD drive.  On the 
> www.xlr8yourmac.com site, there was a detailed and lengthly 
> explanation of how to modify the 3.5 bay to accommodate a 5.25 drive.  
> However, I'm not that ambitious or skilled.  Is there a way to utilize 
> the cables from the 3.5 bay, as well as putting the old CD drive in a 
> box, i.e., turning it into an external CD drive?
>
> I would imagine that if the cables were long enough, I could run them 
> through one of the PCI slots in the back.
>
> thanks,
>
> Steve