Raptor Drive update

TheCoalman · Post by **TheCoalman** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:19 pm

Well, there is definitely a problem with the 16mb cache drives and G5's. Things kept getting worse and I eventually sent the drive back. Do any of you guys know if the 8mb drives are more stable with G5's?

WSVP · Post by **WSVP** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:15 pm

I posted this once before on this forum. There is a problem with some Western Digital drives with the G5 SATA interface check the link below. Your best solution if you already have this drive is to add a SATA controller card.

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg ... faqid=1415

TheCoalman · Post by **TheCoalman** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:50 am

I'm actually following up on an earlier thread I started, I told others who were interested from the thread that I would post results from what I heard from WD. What I heard was nothing....so I'm checking with some of the other users to see if the 8mb cache drives work any different. I'm aware of the pci card situation...thanks.

willtompkins · Post by **willtompkins** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:17 pm

I use the 8MB 10K (74GB) Raptor with no problems.

HCMarkus · Post by **HCMarkus** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:23 pm

I have been using the 150gb 16mb cache Raptor on the internal SATA bus of a Quad G5 without any trouble since January. I use it as an audio drive, not a boot drive. I also have a PCIe Hi Point card hooked up to several external 76gb Raptors working fine. Reading the WD report referenced in this forum raises concerns, but since I have experienced no issues to date, I'll leave it set up as-is.