<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 7, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Tim Collier wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Another option would be to install an SATA drive controller.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The cards are available from many sources.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Just do a google search.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I found one for a good<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>price at CompUSA.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The SATA drives are the newest trend in hard drives anyway.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The transfer data faster and last time I looked came in sizes up to 400 gigabytes.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>So, instead of wasting your money on another ATA hd controller, consider an SATA.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I put on in my Quicksilver dual 1 gig.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Works really nice.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Did the same on my G4 1.25..</DIV><DIV>Much improver performance. I noticed it in boot times first.</DIV><DIV>The drives are down in price, and most new systems are moving to them.</DIV><DIV>My choice would be the SATA. Look on DealMac.com, lots of good deals on them show up from time to time.</DIV><DIV>J</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>