Is my Power Mac G5 Compatible with SATA 2.0 or 3.0 Hard Drives?

Just curious if my old G5 can handle the new faster SATA ratings. The original installed hard drive is a standard SATA, but those are harder to come by and more costly than the newer SATA 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s rated hard drives. Any help would be great.
Thanks
Matt

Hi Matt,
Many are, some like Western Digital need a jumper on pins 5&6 to step it down to SATA 1.5 Gb/s.
SATA 2 is a safer bet for this than SATA 3.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD2002FAEX/
2.0TB Western Digital 'Caviar BLACK' 7200RPM SATA 3.0 6Gb/s (backwards compatible with 3Gb/s and 1.5Gb/s) HDD 64MB Cache. New with 5yr Western Digital Warranty (WD2002FAEX)
Some are automatic...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Hitachi/0F12115/
Description:
Ships:
Price:
2TB Hitachi 7K3000 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s HD with 64MB Cache. Energy Efficient Performance Serial ATA 3.5" Hard Drive. 3yr Hitachi Factory Warranty. (0F12115)

Similar Messages

  • I had a power mac g4 into which i put 3, 320 gb PATA hard drives in a raid slice config so that it worked as one drive needless to sat that i lost the g4 to a surge but the drives are good. now i have an imac, how can i recover the info off those drives

    i had a power mac g4 into which i put 3, 320 gb PATA hard drives in a raid slice config so that it worked as one drive needless to sat that i lost the g4 to a surge but the drives are good. now i have an imac, how can i recover the info off those drives. can i put the drives in external cases and plug them all in, will the imac see them as a raid slice then  help please

    Before you have another accident:
    Buy a UPS of good quality and sufficient to your needs.
    I would have to assume that the drives were connected to a PCI PATA card, hopefully. Otherwise, well RAID and having drives on the same bus (master and slave).
    And no backup, none at all...
    Get your hands on a G4.
    Data Rescue 3 from Prosoft maybe.
    If they were SATA and running on PCI SATA controller, very popular and common really in G4s, more options would be open.

  • Power Mac G4 400 MHz (AGP graphics) will not boot from hard drive

    I have a Mac G4 400 MHz (AGP graphics) Machine Model: PowerMac 3.1 CPU Type:PowerPC G4 (2.8)
    When I try to boot from the hard drive I get the folder with the flashing question Mark. The Machine will start up from the OSX 10.4 installer disk.
    The system was running OSX 10.4.9 fine. I began to have problems with the hard drive, so I replaced it with an old Maxtor 5T040H4 40Gig Apple branded drive that I had sitting around.
    The drive is jumpered (r50) for Master/Single.
    I erased the drive in the old G4 using disk utility and wrote all zeros. I then used my store bought Tiger 10.4 install disk to install 10.4 on the drive.
    After restarting I still get the flashing question mark. If I leave the Install disk in the DVD drive the system will attempt to install again.
    I have zapped the PRAM, pressed the CUDA button, removed the battery and let the system sit unplugged for over and hour and it still will not boot from the hard drive.
    To test the drive I removed it and put it in a Granite Digital firewire enclosure and connected it to another mac. The drive shows up and the system appears to be installed correctly.
    What am I forgetting to do? Does anyone have any suggestions.
    Thanks in advance.
    Wesley G.

    Hi! If Tom's solution doesn't work I would reboot from the install disc and then partition the drive as 1 partition instead of erasing it. Sounds like the driver on the disk is too old and installing a new partition map should write a new driver to the drive that is compatible with Tiger. Other than that it is possible that the drive has a spin delay jumper enabled and the drive isn't spinning up fast enough and the computer isn't looking long enough for the drive. Tom

  • I just purchase a brand new mac computer and I need to purchase new adobe CS software. Do you know if Adobe CS5 Design Premium-MAc is compatible with new mac computers with the updated software?

    I just purchase a brand new mac computer and I need to purchase new adobe CS software for work. Do you know if Adobe CS5 Design Premium-Mac is compatible with new mac computers with the updated Yosemite software? *No previous adobe CS software versions are on this computer

    There are known technical issues with any older version on Yosemite, even CS6. Some can be worked out, others may not be relevant to you, some will remain unsolved.
    Mylenium

  • Is mac mini compatible with samsung smart tv

    is mac mini compatible with samsung smart tv

    Likely yes if it has a video input like HDMI, VGA, DVI, display port

  • Is mac mini compatible with screens which are not Mac?

    Is Mac mini compatible with screens from other brands different to Mac?

    Yes.
    We have two minis with three screens betwen them, LaCie, Eizo and HP. All work fine.
    Obviously you need to check limitations on screen size etc.

  • Does anyone know if Photoshop Elements 9 for the Mac is compatible with Mavericks?

    Does anyone know if Photoshop Elements 9 for the Mac is compatible with Mavericks?

    Yes, but it is absolutely critical to delete all existing preferences after upgrading to 10.9.
    I'm running PSE 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in 10.9. PSE 11 has a slight problem (with a couple of filters) but otherwise it all works.

  • Is the late 2013 mac pro compatible with 10.8.5

    Is the late 2013 mac pro compatible with 10.8.5

    No, except through emulation inside a product such as VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, or VMware Fusion.
    (105011)

  • Is my mac pro compatible with mountain lion?

    Is my mac pro compatible with mountain lion/ 2 x 2.66 Ghz Dual core processors?
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
    William

    And FBDIMMs which use to cost $300+ for 8GB can now be had for... 2 x $34.
    I paid $300 2 x 512MB August 2006,, then 2 x 1GB $400 March '07
    So as long as you only need 16GB you are safe, it is when you need 4GB, or the rare 8GB FBDIMM and 32GB or more, that yes, time to part ways and get a system that supports cheaper DDR3.
    Except, right now, 10.8.2 'broke' support for more than 64GB and there were people depending on and using 96GB.  Or that more than 48GB also 'broke' the Apple Pro RAID card; a card that still does not support 3TB drives. 10.8.2 does though provide support for more current Nvidia cards (10.7.4 also showed support just not for GTX 6xx series). 3rd party graphic support has always been a weakness, until now.
    Apple Mac Pro is a workstation. Except when it is not. It is still not clear how they missed these things.
    What 32-bit EFI won't get you is 64-bit kernel mode and abilty to fully use more powerful graphic cards or memory addresses for a single process beyond 4GB or graphic card support with more than 2GB (and 2GB use to always fail in OS X in the past).

  • Is mac air compatible with HP Deskjet 1050?

    is mac air compatible with HP Deskjet 1050?

    If it's a Deskjet 1050 -- J410 series, the answer is "yes".
    Here's a good article about setting up your printer:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4670
    The "yes" answer comes from the "printer and scanner software" link under the second "important ..." bullet in the article.

  • Sata I compatible with Sata II

    Is sata I compatible with sata II?
    I wonder if my sata I disks will work on a sata II mobo?

    Quote from: Maesus on 24-October-05, 00:43:16
    Mr. Bister, I would phrase it as SATA I drive can work without any issue with SATA II controller. I don't see any failure yet. Most issue came f rom putting a SATA II drive with a SATA 1 controller.
    Can you confirm the issues please? I am soon to replace my SATA drive with SATA II in a RAID config.

  • HT2477 Are documentS created with Microsoft office for windows and Microsoft office for mac are compatible with each other

    Are documents created with Microsoft office for windows and Microsoft office for mac are compatible with each other?

    As with a lot of software, it depends on the version of Word, and what features the author used.
    Technically, Office 2010 for Windows and 2011 for Mac are supposed to be feature compatible. As are Office 2007 for Windows, and 2008 for Mac.
    However, if a person using Office 2010 / 2011 used a feature that only exists in that version and sends the file to someone using Office 2007 / 2008, they would very likely have trouble opening the file, or having it display as intended.

  • Is Microsoft Office Mac 2011 compatible with OSX Mountain Lion 10.8

    Is Microsoft Office Mac 2011 compatible with OSX Mountain Lion (10.8)?

    Yes, it works, but make sure you've updated your Office 2011 to the latest version.

  • Hello, can someone help me: my eMac G4 700 MHz. I can not boot it. If he starts appears on the screen, only a small "folder with a question mark." The Mac was not used 1 year. Question 1: Problem = hard drive? Question 2: Problem = PRAM battery? the What

    Hello, can someone help me: my eMac G4 700 MHz. I can not boot it. If he starts appears on the screen, only a small "folder with a question mark." The Mac was not used 1 year.
    Question 1: Problem = hard drive?
    Question 2: Problem = PRAM battery?
    the
    What can I do to boot?

    Restart with the Option key held down.
    If the internal drive shows up, it's the PRAM battery.
    If it doesn't, insert a compatible Mac OS 9 or X install disk, click the button with the circular arrow, and either repair the internal drive or install a new OS on it. If it doesn't show up in Disk First Aid(9) or the Disk Utility(X), it's either not plugged in or needs to be replaced.
    (97530)

  • With Time Machine I have an external hard drive formatted with Mac

    With Time Machine I have an external hard drive formatted with Mac. The record contained files windows. How to recover?
    Serious mistake: to connect a Mac to an external drive with data (important!) Windows, the warning appears: "You want to use the disk for Time Machine?" Wrong button, so in 2-3 seconds, the disk is formatted. Now Mac "sees" the disc but empty, Windows does not see it under "My Computer" but in "Disk Management" is reported as "hard core", "healthy", "GPT protective partition" Is there a way to retrieve the files? Sorry for my English Thanks

    I'm having a difficult time following, I understand English isn't your native language. You may have good luck with Google Translate.
    Also please read Pondini's Time Machine FAQs & Time Machine Troubleshooting.

Maybe you are looking for

  • My iPod touch doesn't sync with iTunes, my computer recognizes it but iTunes doesn't

    When I plug in my iPod, my computer shows that it is recognized. But when I go into iTunes to watch it sync, it doesn't appear at all. I've tried restarting iTunes and installing the newest version of iTunes but it says that there's an error when I i

  • Are my iTunes forsaken?

    Hey there. Six months or so ago, I plugged in my iPod to my PC, and just then my USB ports caught fire. After the smoke cleared, my USB ports were now defunct. A few months later, yesterday in fact, I bought a MacBookPro. Now I want all my iTunes fro

  • Mistake re. post below: Anyone know about Optiarc AD7633A (not 7630A)?

    We have to replace, for the 2nd time, the Superdrive in my sister's 15" Macbook Pro 2008. Very unreliable Panasonic drives. I don't have a replacement Panasonic on hand (which may be a good thing!), but I do have a Sony Nec Optiarc slot-loading AD-76

  • Xml data output problem

    I have table xxemp(No number, Text varchar2(250)), i have created a report and generate xml file and create temple and load data and insert all field and when i preview the data in rtf formate at that movement data is not shown in the text field not

  • Do we have Dual-Layer Burning capabilities in our computers?

    Hey, I was curious, do our MBP's have the capabilities to burn Dual-Layer DVD's? Thanks guys, Corey (Also, how do I find if it is or not)