Any PCI-E SATA cards that are natively supported by OS X?

This is an equivalent eSATA card, and it's bootable as well. Not exactly inexpensive though. It's a Highpoint PCIe x4 lane Fake RAID card, but it has EFI firmware, and works on both 32 & 64 bit versions (is good for '06 - '09 MP's).

Hope this helps. :)
 
EDIT - just read it works with 10.4 and up and doesn't have problems with 64-bit SL. At least as advertised.
 
Dr.Pants said:
EDIT - just read it works with 10.4 and up and doesn't have problems with 64-bit SL. At least as advertised.
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That's all we can go by at this time, as I don't recall any member posting they've used it.

I've not had great luck with Highpoint's Fake RAID controllers in the past, but it's been awhile. I would presume it would be fine for single disk use. Not so sure on the software RAID functionality though.

We need a test subject. ;) :p
 
Dr.Pants said:
Comes with buying a MacPro, at least this year :D Or at least a MDP->DVI adapter. :p
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At least the MDP->DVI adapter is cheaper. By a bit more than half actually. :D

Whoa... Now the MDP->DVI adapter looks like a bargain... What has the world come to in Mac Land? :eek: :p
 
I wonder if using one of those PCI-E to ExpressCard adaptors with the ExpressCard that I linked to in first post of this thread would work. I can populate all the open PCI-E slots with them and it would still be cheaper than the Highpoint card...
 
pastrychef said:
I wonder if using one of those PCI-E to ExpressCard adaptors with the ExpressCard that I linked to in first post of this thread would work. I can populate all the open PCI-E slots with them and it would still be cheaper than the Highpoint card...
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I've never tried it, but technically speaking, it should be possible. I'd recommend checking the specs carefully first though. :)
 
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