PB 1.25 15"

[Jack Neill]

I got an adapter to convert PATA to SATA and I was going to put a 7200 spinner in it. I have like 20 spinners lying around, it was too big to fit in the slot so I am thinking of going with mSata adapter. Anyone had luck with going this route? I have no use for this machine anymore other than the thrill of the upgrade.

 

[eyoungren]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/17-powerbook-g4-gets-new-msata3-ssd.2165748/

Here is the adapter I used: https://www.addonics.com/products/adms25ide.php

@AphoticD, as well as others on this forum have also added SSDs, many of them before I did.

 

[Jack Neill]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/17-powerbook-g4-gets-new-msata3-ssd.2165748/

Here is the adapter I used: https://www.addonics.com/products/adms25ide.php

@AphoticD, as well as others on this forum have also added SSDs, many of them before I did.

Cool, thanks. I will keep my Mac away from your sisters boyfriend tho.

 

[swamprock]

I've got a few machines with mSATA adapters. All run great. My 1.5ghz 15" PB G4 is probably the closest to yours, and it's got a 128gb mSATA drive with adapter. Gave it new life.

My other machines with the same setup are:
-1.33ghz iBook G4 running Debian Bullseye/sid
-1.0ghz TiBook running Leopard
-1.25ghz 17" iMac G4 running Leopard (with a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter as well)
-400mhz (dosdude1 G4 upgrade) Bondi Blue iMac G3(4) running Tiger and OS 9.2.2 (ditto on the 3.5" to 2.5" adapter)

My 12" 1.5ghz PB G4 has an old OWC Mercury Legacy Pro SSD in it, but I'm going to change that out for the adapter solution soon, as it's always been a little slow; something I realized after upgrading my machines with mSATA drives and adapters. I'm going to take it apart and find out if it's just a simple mSATA adapter, and see if maybe I can upgrade the drive in it.

I also have a 1.42ghz (overclocked original) Mac Mini G4 and a 667mhz TiBook (VGA) with SD adapters; both 64gb and running OS 9.2.2.

 

[Jack Neill]

I've got a few machines with mSATA adapters. All run great. My 1.5ghz 15" PB G4 is probably the closest to yours, and it's got a 128gb mSATA drive with adapter. Gave it new life.

My other machines with the same setup are:
-1.33ghz iBook G4 running Debian Bullseye/sid
-1.0ghz TiBook running Leopard
-1.25ghz 17" iMac G4 running Leopard (with a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter as well)
-400mhz (dosdude1 G4 upgrade) Bondi Blue iMac G3(4) running Tiger and OS 9.2.2 (ditto on the 3.5" to 2.5" adapter)

My 12" 1.5ghz PB G4 has an old OWC Mercury Legacy Pro SSD in it, but I'm going to change that out for the adapter solution soon, as it's always been a little slow; something I realized after upgrading my machines with mSATA drives and adapters. I'm going to take it apart and find out if it's just a simple mSATA adapter, and see if maybe I can upgrade the drive in it.

I also have a 1.42ghz (overclocked original) Mac Mini G4 and a 667mhz TiBook (VGA) with SD adapters; both 64gb and running OS 9.2.2.

Thats a nice collection, I have these currently:

PB G4 1.25 15"HD 40GB 5400 2GB 10.4
PB G4 1.5 12" HD 80GB 5400 1.25Gb 10.5
MB 2,1 SSD 120GB 4gb 10.6
MB 5,2 SSD 240GB 8Gb 10.11
MB 7,1 SSD 512GB 16GB 10.14
HP ProBook SSD 2TB 16GB 10.14
HP ProBook SSD 256GB 8GB 10.14/10.15
Custom Build 2.93 C2D SSD/HD 120GB/2TB 8GB 10.13

RetiredBroken, lost, or in pieces)

700 G3 12" iBook
1.25 G4 12" iBook
1.42 14' iBook
800 G4 iMac
733 G4 Quicksilver