mulo macrumors 68020 Original poster Sep 10, 2010 #1 I bought this dual G5, I couldn't help but notice the superdrive is connected by an IDE cable. would I be able to replace this cable with one that has more connectors on it and use both the superdrive and an IDE disk?
I bought this dual G5, I couldn't help but notice the superdrive is connected by an IDE cable. would I be able to replace this cable with one that has more connectors on it and use both the superdrive and an IDE disk?
666sheep macrumors 68040 Nov 2, 2010 #4 mulo said: would I be able to replace this cable with one that has more connectors on it and use both the superdrive and an IDE disk? Click to expand... Sure. Take a look at this: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G5/G5_PATA_drives/index.html - it doesn't look pretty but it works.
mulo said: would I be able to replace this cable with one that has more connectors on it and use both the superdrive and an IDE disk? Click to expand... Sure. Take a look at this: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G5/G5_PATA_drives/index.html - it doesn't look pretty but it works.