[X4U] 250G drive

[Nick Scalise]

> From: Mitchell Senft <ms53 at optonline.net>
> 
> Just picked up a 250G internal drive for our G5 (10.4.4).
> 
> Do I or do I not require an ATA/133 PCI card? The box says yes for  
> drives bigger than 137G but the G5 came with a 160G drive. And  
> Maxtor's site doesn't seem to have the answer.

What type of interface is the drive you just purchased? Is it IDE or ATA? If so, 
your G5 will require an ATA card, as the drive interface in your G5 is SATA. If the 
drive is SATA it will just plug in and work.