You can install a SATA drive but you would need to add a PCI SATA controller card. The cable connections are completely different on SATA and PATA. Eric S. Bruce Ryan Nakamura wrote: > Hello, > > Can the MDD's take a SATA internal hard drive? > > Are the cable sockets on a SATA drive exactly the same as on a PATA hard > drive? > > Thank you, > > Scot Bruce Nakamura > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 >