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blue&whiteman
Feb 16, 2004, 07:57 AM
I have a blue and white g3 and was hoping this card http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/products/7/38/342/4821 or some other PC ata controller will work. I would like to use one if they would work as they are about half the price of a sonnet or any other made for mac card like it. let me know you guys. thanks in advance.



varmit
Feb 16, 2004, 07:08 PM
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/search/search.asp?search=ata+pci+card&submit1.x=0&submit1.y=0&CurDSN=simple&calledfrom=1&incimage=on

go to a mac store like i did, they have the ata cards that you can use to add more storage to your power mac.

Sun Baked
Feb 16, 2004, 07:43 PM
Check the manufacturers website out and see if they have Mac drivers for the OS you plan on using, and whether it'll work in the Mac you want -- since some machines like the XServes and PowerMac G5s can only use 3.3V cards.

Opteron
Feb 16, 2004, 10:15 PM
Why not buy a SATA PCI card insted, and take up the advantages of that new technology?