[X4U] Connecting an IDE drive to a G5

[Randy B.Singer]

Paul Hawkins said:

>How do I connect an older IDE/ATA hard drive to a G5??


Apple explicitly says that SATA to PATA adapters won't work:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86416

Several folks have hypothesized that these adapters will work, and that 
it is just that for some reason Apple does not want to support them.

Here is an adapter the claims to work perfectly in a G5 for $25:

http://store.yahoo.com/firmtek/seritek1sc1.html



Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
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