PCIe SATA controller [Archive]

funkahdafi

Aug 10, 2010, 10:18 AM

Hi,

I need a simple, non fancy SATAII controller I can put into my 2009 Mac Pro. I don't need RAID, it's basically just for connecting DVD drives.

The only thing that's important is that I can boot from that controller.

I currently have one by jmicron that can boot OS X, but it does not boot Windows DVDs. Not sure why.

Nice to have would be eSATA for external stuff.

Any recommendations?

funkahdafi

Aug 16, 2010, 06:12 AM

anyone?

maflynn

Aug 16, 2010, 06:22 AM

I don't know if this is any good, but I found it at OWC (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXPCIE6GS2/)

crashmaster1

Aug 16, 2010, 07:26 AM

I don't know if this is any good, but I found it at OWC (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXPCIE6GS2/)

From their web page:

Does NOT support booting on any Macintosh platform.

I'm looking for one that'll boot OS X... guess I'll keep looking...

nanofrog

Aug 16, 2010, 07:05 PM

Hi,

I need a simple, non fancy SATAII controller I can put into my 2009 Mac Pro. I don't need RAID, it's basically just for connecting DVD drives.

The only thing that's important is that I can boot from that controller.

I currently have one by jmicron that can boot OS X, but it does not boot Windows DVDs. Not sure why.

Nice to have would be eSATA for external stuff.

Any recommendations?
eSATA won't work for optical drives on the MP when using Windows or Linux (even when the card has a ROM that boots BIOS). :( HDD/SSD's, will boot if the card has BIOS, and run under OS X if it has drivers. Highpoint sells a bootable eSATA card for Mac, but it won't work with anything but OS X.

You're best bet is USB for a universal external optical disk (works in OS X, Windows, or Linux). Windows won't boot from FW either (MS dropped support).