[G4] How to use a Seagate SATA drive on a G4 AGP

[Philip J Robar]

On Jun 29, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:

> I have someone willing to let me use an extra Seagate SATA 80 GB  
> drive. What
> do I have to do to install it in my G4-AGP machine?  Something  
> tells me I
> have the wrong connector in the G4?

Note that most converters work in the opposite direction from what  
you need. If the price is around $20 it's probably not what you want.  
I found what you need at http://www.cooldrives.com/samibrcosadr.html.  
But, for the price (~$30) you'd probably be just a well off buying a  
new drive. A local store recently had 120GB drives for $20 after a  
rebate.

SATA PCI controller cards go for around $60-$70. (About twice what  
the same card for a PC costs!) MacSense has a card that does both  
SATA and ATA: http://www.macsense.com/product/sua-100_b.html, but a  
brief google search didn't find anyone selling it.

As to the response concerning performance I couldn't find anything on  
the net that would indicate that you'd be able to notice the  
difference between using the SATA drive on a native controller or an  
adaptor.

Phil
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