I need a new drive controller

I have a couple of 120's [IDE] that I want to set up as a Raid 0 and use as startup.
On my G4 AGP will I see any difference between a 66mhz controller card and a 133 controller card?
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) Quad 2500 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2 GB Ram, Nvidia FX5500 agp card

The "ATA-66" and "ATA-133" speed rating is in megabytes per second, not MHz.
If I am not mistaken, a 33MHz, 64-bit slot has a bandwidth of 264MB per second (64 bits, or 8 bytes, x 33MHz).
Most hard drives can only transfer around 45MB per second, in spite of their speed rating (the drive's electronic parts can handle more data per second than the mechanical parts can send). You only get higher transfer speeds in short bursts.

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since i upgraded to osx lion i keep getting an error code 0x80020022 every time i try and burn a dvd doesn't matter what type of program i use the some results error code.. 0x80020022 . does this mean a new drive is needed ?.. or bearing in mine it worked perfectly before lion was in stalled should apple fix the problem?
i wish i hadn't bothered with lion..
reading though this discussion forum this problem seems to be happening to others... so why it seems is apple ignoring it ?....
now if i need a new drive because of this upgrade why didn't apple say your optical drive may need to be upgraded to work with lion before i started ...
i was quite happy with snow leopard...
i mean apple do say keep your machine up to date ..do they not!
terry dissapointed
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Restore your bootable backup/clone or Time Machine of your previous Snow Leopard installation and see if the problem persists.

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I installed windows 8 and now I have no sound. Microsoft says I need a new driver from HP, Which is no aval. yet. how do I get notified when its avalible? My model # is G60-549DX

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I need a new drive for my G4 Mac mini - where to start??

Hello all,
I have a approximately 4-5 year old 1.5GHz Power PC G4 Mac mini with 1 GB DDR SDRAM memory and an 80 GB hard drive. I was having issues with it running slow, not being able to access different files/applications, etc. so I ran Disk Warrior on it and received the warning that it was not able to replace the directory and that I should save all files from the Preview directory (which I have been able to do).
I took the mini to my local Genius Bar and was told that the most likely problem was a failing drive. Unfortunate as that is, I am happy I was able to make back-ups of all important files on it, and have resigned myself to making the necessary repairs to get it running again.
As I have yet to ever run across this type of problem (replacing a drive to a computer) I obviosuly have a few questions to that end. As some of them may be buried in threads that might be hard to find, I was wondering if folks out there would have the answers to a few simple questions I had regarding this upcoming task.
First, would this be a failing optical drive or hard drive from the way I've described the problem? I seem to be able to get the mini "running", that is able to copy files, etc. if I first run Disk Warrior on it and ten restart - but it is still unable to open things such as Safari or iTunes.
Second, what are the best options for replacement in terms of price/speed/memory? I would love to have the newer intel processor in it, but don't even know if this is something that would be replaced with a new drive (shows how much I know! :^) I don't need as much hard drive space since external drives are fairly cheap - my main focus would be a faster processor and RAM.
Is this something a pretty capable person should attempt to replace themselves, or is going to Best Buy or something along those lines a better choice for the security of not messing the mini itself up? I feel fairly comfortable doing it if it is possible, I would just hate to fry the entire computer if it is a really tricky process.
Thanks in advance for whomever replies to this rather "wordy" question. I think forums like this are one of the best ways to learn and get answers on electronic questions!
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would this be a failing optical drive or hard drive from the way I've described the problem?
Hard drive. DW and other such utilities don't even work on optical drives, and an optical drive problem would not cause boot problems and the other symptoms that you describe. But before you replace the drive, I'd suggest you try reformatting the drive ("erasing" in the terminology used in Disk Utility) and reinstalling Mac OS X. That may fix the problem. If not, then you can look into replacing the drive.
Second, what are the best options for replacement in terms of price/speed/memory?
You can find options here, among other places:
I would love to have the newer intel processor in it, but don't even know if this is something that would be replaced with a new drive (shows how much I know! :^) I don't need as much hard drive space since external drives are fairly cheap - my main focus would be a faster processor and RAM.
Sorry, but replacing the processor can't be done. If you want a faster processor, you'll have to purchase a newer mini.
Is this something a pretty capable person should attempt to replace themselves, or is going to Best Buy or something along those lines a better choice for the security of not messing the mini itself up?
Avoid Best Buy like the plague. They're far more likely to cause problems for your mini than you would be doing it yourself. There are a number of sites on the web that have instructions. Here's one:
http://www.sterpin.net/uk/ddMacMiniuk.htm
OWC/MacSales has video instructions as well:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/mac-mini/
It is a bit tricky - lots of disassembly - but it's not beyond a reasonably dexterous user.
Regards.
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Need a new drive

Hi all,
I've decided to upgrade both my G5s with new DVD RW drives. I have a history in building PCs and upgrading macs so I guess I can do this.
They are Dual 1.8Ghz G5s. Model 7,2.
Anyways, have a quick search it seems that pioneer and sony drives are the users favourites when it comes to upgrading. But which model? Is there one that has been reliable as there's also a lot of posts about upgraded DVD drives not working after a day or week.
Whats the best model at the moment?
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Model Identifier:    iMac8,1
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Total Number Of Cores:    2
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Memory:    4 GB
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With Mac Pro I´ll need da new controller?

Power Mac Quad with WD Raptors is a problem. The internal controller not work correctly with Driver. The Solution is a PCI-E controller.
I´m a owner PM Quad and I know how the disks take-me a lot of time. My primer use is running a chemistry soft called Gamess of Ameslab. I can´t use the power of 4 processor because the 4 process fight for bus of disk.
I search a lot of a really good controller of my quad and found the ARECA ARC-1210. Is a 8x PCI-E controller with 128MB ECC (buffer) for 4 disks SATA II. http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pciE-sata.htm
I´m waiting for make a test. Newegg not delivery my box. Brazzilian Gov is try take my money.. ***..
I read some bech´s and i believe that with this controller and 4 disks will take 300MB/s.. Much better the 60MB of my 250GB Default Disk.
PS. Areca controller has a driver not bootable for MACOS
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Can I use any size hard drive e.g. a 250GB one?
Also - If I put a new hard drive in can I then install Leopard?
All info received with many thanks.

Welcome to the Apple discussions.
That code means there are problems with your hard drive. If you look at Disk utility (on your hard disk in applications/utilities) you may see that the S.M.A.R.T. status shows a problem. Or if you have SMARTreporter installed, it may not be green.
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Are you in the US? Order one from here: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/power?mco=MTM3NjU xNDg
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