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Found some info on other forums/posts on macrumors detailing possible issues with brittle or leaky tubing that is unable to seal properly, but I would find this pretty difficult. Of course everything is possible dealing with 15 year old hardware.
I've made a topic about SAS. Have a look (in brief - LSI 3041 E-R + internal enclosure instead of DVD drive).
I got 4500 Quadro FX for 15 bucks recently. (Need to flash it to use with Mac though.)
Flashing is easy aslong as you have the correct one but make sure that you repaste and repad it.
Yeah, version is correct (with metal L-shaped thing). I will look for instructions on repasting and repadding. Didn't know that, thanks.
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The problem is that things change rapidly. Our G5s only get older and older.
One of the word things is SSD compatibility. Are newer SSDs better? Or do some still give issues to our ancient Macs?
The problem is that things change rapidly. Our G5s only get older and older.
One of the word things is SSD compatibility. Are newer SSDs better? Or do some still give issues to our ancient Macs?
Avoid Intel SSDs for the G5. They don't work at all. Older Sandisk and Kingston are a dime a dozen and work just fine in the lower slot.
Same thing with the Samsung 840 Pro I've installed in mine, wasn't there a list of all tested solid state drives on the g5?
Looking for advice on SSDs and HDDs for G5 DC 2.3 I just got...
Integral cheap 240Gb https://integralmemory.com/product/v-series-sata-iii-2-5-ssd-version-2 Will they work (and can I raid them) ?
WD Blue 1Tb WD10EZRZ SATA3 AF HDD - again, will they work and can I raid a pair?
Do the cheapo Chinese sourced PCIE SATA carriers allow me to insert M.2 SATA drives but presumably they won't be bootable?
I did see somewhere a suggestion that AF drives need 10.5.8. I want to run Tiger, Leopard and Sorbet and also boot Debian Linux. Any gotchas there?
Integral cheap 240Gb https://integralmemory.com/product/v-series-sata-iii-2-5-ssd-version-2 Will they work (and can I raid them) ?
WD Blue 1Tb WD10EZRZ SATA3 AF HDD - again, will they work and can I raid a pair?
Do the cheapo Chinese sourced PCIE SATA carriers allow me to insert M.2 SATA drives but presumably they won't be bootable?
I did see somewhere a suggestion that AF drives need 10.5.8. I want to run Tiger, Leopard and Sorbet and also boot Debian Linux. Any gotchas there?
Unless they've been explicitly tested and confirmed to work in a G5, I'd be skeptical. They need to reliably step down to SATA I speeds (1.5 Gbps) and be compatible with the G5, which is temperamental when it comes to SSDs.
Old Sata II Kingston drives work, but old SSDs also have a reputation for being failure-prone...
Unless they have changed the firmware or controller chip within the last year or so these work perfectly in the late 05 G5. I have one in my DC 2.0 right now as the boot drive. It works in both slots.
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I got Intel 320 Series for my Quad: 160 GB and 600 GB. Both work.
I used a generic Chinese M.2 SATA to SATA 2.5 case/adapter and a Samsung 951 (I think) I got cheap. Works fine as boot drive for Tiger and Leopard. RESULT!
My experiment with a WD SN520 PCIE NVME via adapter for 4x PCIE slot didnt get detected. I hope Linux will see it, then I can hopefully install Linux on that. Watching to see if Action Retro gives some clues
NVMe SSDs require macOS High Sierra or a newer version. They're very much out of reach for OS X on PowerPC.
If the distro you're using has a working NVMe driver, yep.
A PCIe AHCI SSD (e.g. a Samsung XP941 or Apple's blade SSDs used in e.g. 2012-2015 retina MBPs, 2013-2017 MBAs and the 2013 Mac Pro) should™ work as a non-boot drive on Leopard, as its AHCI driver is curiously a universal binary.
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