Kingspec SSD 32GB ATA Compatibility

[Ih8reno]

Hi everyone!

Have the chance of pickup one of these up locally and was thinking of using it in one of my G4 towers or maybe laptop if it fits. Would this be compatible with these machines? I know that some SATA SSDs don't work with my quad so I want to confirm it.

 

[Orizence]

It should work no problem. The reason that the G5 doesnt like some SATA drives is because of the SATA chipset in the computer and the drives not handling speed negotiations properly (Sata3 to Sata1). IDE never really had much of this problem

 

[MacCubed]

How much would it cost? Taking the mSATA route is much cheaper from my experience

 

[weckart]

If a G4 tower, then I would get a SATA SSD and either install a SATA controller card or put a SATA to IDE adapter onto the drive itself. You could get a larger drive for the same money that way. A laptop has limited space, so the Kingspec makes more sense there.

 

[Ih8reno]

If a G4 tower, then I would get a SATA SSD and either install a SATA controller card or put a SATA to IDE adapter onto the drive itself. You could get a larger drive for the same money that way. A laptop has limited space, so the Kingspec makes more sense there.

Cost is $30 CAD

 

[weckart]

Cost is $30 CAD

Fine. Check the reviews, though. I vaguely remember there was an issue with firmware revisions for this drive, later ones causing problems with lots of I/O errors.