No, not a hackintosh at all.I've had my mac pro completely apart and there's not even one single cable. zero, zip, nada. Maybe if I open the PSU housing there might be a wire or two. I haven't done that yet.The HDD's have no power cables at all. They plug into surface mounted sockets directly on the motherboard - interface and power.
So are you talking about a hackintosh of some kind or??
For most, it's the '09 base Octo (2.26GHz) and the '08 base Octo (2.8Ghz).
For most, it's the '09 base Octo (2.26GHz) and the '08 base Octo (2.8Ghz).
We want to know what the extra $500USD is getting us in terms of performance.
So, do you have any comments on the optimum configuration for RAM? Does it make sense to configure using three or six modules?
Really.Vista changed the driver model so some of the things XP can do Vista couldn't. 7 "fixes" some of those changes. Assuming the beta doesn't expire before the RTM is released you can upgrade. But it isn't recommended.
Wh...
*mind-boggling confusion*
Why? Well, one, why can XP do it and Vista not?
And two, can the Windows 7 beta (I have it) be upgraded to retail Windows 7?
No, not a hackintosh at all.
Pull on of the drives, then look inside at the connector. It's held down by 2x phillips screws. You can try to feel behind it, or remove it for a better look. It has two groups of wires. Looking directly into the connector (end that inserts into drive), the group on the right (4 wires) is power. The other, and should be flat, are the data lines. DATA lines DO NOT SUPPLY POWER. (Not even in a MP). All 4 groups of power wires are terminated together in a single connector. It's located at the top edge of the logic board. Remember, the wiring is short, and won't be far from the drives. (Slightly to the left, but not easily visible IIRC).
Those short wires prevent the data cable connector from reaching slots 1 & 2, and in some cases (short card), even 3 & 4. Some people have had to remove the drive connector (called a MniSAS backplane connector, or SFF-8482), from bay 1 to obtain additional length. The connector is then jury rigged to the drive in bay1. Not a great solution.
Hence the need to mod the wiring, as there's no extension cable available that I know of.
Hope this helps.
I'm talking about RAID issues. (Just to be clear, as I'm slightly
by your post). Not to mention the loss of "hot swap" capability for that particular drive.
I'm talking about RAID issues. (Just to be clear, as I'm slightly
The power cable I speak of, isn't a reserve cable at all. It powers the HDD's. If you pull it to attempt to use it for another purpose, you loose the HDD's due to no power.
There aren't any available cables to adapt it, lengthen it, etc. To extend it in order to reach some RAID cards, the power wires had to be hacked so extra wire could be soldered in. A major PITA, if you have the tools, supplies, and skills to do it. (Mostly disassembly/reassembly). Then go through the necessary steps to get the RAID card up and running.
Jury rigged in the sense, that the backplane connector was removed from it's mount, and allowed to hang freely. In one case, the HDD was taped (grey tape) to the sled as well. Such an installation somehow doesn't inspire much trust.
Does this help clear things up?
Keep in mind, at RAID 0, you're running at 3x the risk of a single drive failure. No redundancy with it, so if one goes, all data is gone.Yup. I see now. I'm too pleased with my software RAID-0 so I never thought about adding a RAID card. So what you were talking about was going past me.
BTW my 3-drive RAID-0 gets >300 MB/s sustained average across the 1st 80% of the platters and costs me an unnoticeable amount (zero?) of CPU cycles.
I guess a dedicated RAID card isn't going to do much better unless I wanted Level 5 or something.
