[G5] Hard drive retrofit from G5 iMac to G4 Quicksilver!

[Robert Campbell]

Firmtek is the way to go if you want to use the drive as a bootable drive,
unless Sonnet Tempo has fixed their controller.




> You need an SATA adapter, that will plug into one of your PCI slots.
> 
> Do a search for SATA PCI Controller or expansion card for G4, there
> were quite a few out there.
> 
> Sonnet Tempo SATA PCI Expansion Card is one.
> 
> I think i have a firmtek in mine, I would have to open it up and look.
> 
> On Oct 6, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Pat Crowe wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I thought I would use the hard drive from my now-useless iMac G5 in
>> a Quicksilver 2002 G4.
>> It seems, however, that the connectors are totally different.
>> Does anybody know if a suitable cable is available to put into the
>> G4 to allow this swap to happen and, if so, where such an item can
>> be obtained?
>> Pat Crowe.
>> Adelaide. Australia.
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