PCI ATA Controller

Hi,
It seems one of the on-board disk controllers is "burned out," so I need to get a PCI IDE Controller. Do these cards really need to say Mac-compatible? Are they universal cards like USB cards? I was looking at the prices at OWC and they are ridiculous (like the graphics cards--which I need). I was thinking about this one but I don't know whether or not it would work.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Craig

Hello! Don't waste your time with something that's not made for a Mac. A recent post did the same thing and the card would not work. OWC's stuff is pretty good. Sonnet makes an ata133 card but if I were adding a card I'd get the Sonnet 2 port sata because it's bootable and you'll be able to use the newer larger sata drives. Have you tried resetting the pmu to be sure the ata bus is not working? What does the system profiler say about the ata bus? Tom
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