[G4] Update on Serial ATA PCI Card for G4

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Are You sure the drive is good?

You said a friend gave it to you.

Do you know anyone else with a SATA equipped computer that you could  
try it in.


On Jul 30, 2005, at 3:06 AM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:

> I am sorry to have to report that the third try was no joy. The
> brand new SIIG Serial ATA PCI-M Card card showed up today.
>
> http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=7&pid=556
>
> As noted on the web page this card is for a Mac.
>
> The installation was no bid deal and it was interfaced to a brand new
> Seagate 80 GB SATA drive in a G4 AGP with a 1Gig processor card.
>
> The new SATA drive did not show up on the desktop and could not be
> found by the OSX 10.4 Disk Utility.  I double checked the connections
> and even put the card in a different PCI slot.
>
> I sent a help request to SIIG but they have not responded.  Any  
> suggestions
> on how to wake up a SATA drive will be appreciate.  This simple mod
> has turned into the project from hell.
>
> Help!!!
>
> Dick Kriss
>
>
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