Hi
I am running a MDD G4.
Specs show that the internal bus is Ultra ATA.
All of the internal drives being sold these days seem to be SATA.
Can SATA drives be used with my computer (or any Ultra ATA bus) without buying cards or adapters?
Also -
Heat is a problem with this model Mac; will a 500GB SATA drive - if compatible - introduce much more heat into my box?
TIA -
James
Compatibility between ATA SATA UltraATA drives...?
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No (mostly...but read on) - SATA and ATA are different technologies that use different connection types. SATA is an updated version of the ATA protocol made to compete with SCSI speeds.
You can, however, get a SATA to IDE converter to allow a SATA drive to interconnect to your ATA (nee IDE) hardware. You will not be taking advantage of the SATA speed benefits and may even notice slightly deteriorated performance because of the conversion.
I was able to find some IDE (ATA) drives here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/3.5-IDE-ATA/
HTH
You can, however, get a SATA to IDE converter to allow a SATA drive to interconnect to your ATA (nee IDE) hardware. You will not be taking advantage of the SATA speed benefits and may even notice slightly deteriorated performance because of the conversion.
I was able to find some IDE (ATA) drives here: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/3.5-IDE-ATA/
HTH
-Steve
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