[G4] Hard drive for MDD

[John Smutko]

The necessary adapters exist:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Micro%20Accessories/SATAPA/

I discovered this the hard way when I bought my PCI-SATA card and SATA drives and realized that the power connections are completely different.  AFTER I had already removed the old ATA drive…

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John Smutko
smutt235 at mac.com

I'd like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the fine job the folks at the NSA are doing

On Mar 4, 2010, at 3:55 AM, Jay E. Krauss, Jr. wrote:

> 	The cable sockets differ considerably; if you install a PCI-SATA card with an internal cable connector, you can use an internal SATA drive. Some older SATA drives had dual electrical input, so allowed use of the MDDs four pin internal power cable, but many of the newer ones only have a power strip attachment. I have not investigated whether there is a four pin to power strip adapter.
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>> Hello,
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>> Can the MDD's take a SATA internal hard drive?
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>> Are the cable sockets on a SATA drive exactly the same as on a PATA hard drive?
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>> Thank you,
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>> Scot Bruce Nakamura
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