SATA port on an iMac

Considering upgrading and giving my mini to daughter.
Is it possible to get an iMac configured or modified to include a serial ATA port, for faster transfer speeds with an external HD?
Thanks

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Without some dodgy jury-rig there is no way to add eSATA to an iMac.
Very high speed external hard disks should be connected via FW800 (800Mbps). Most hard drives will be limited by mechanisms not the transfer bus unless you are connecting multiple drives. If you truly need that much speed you should look at a workstation like the Mac Pro.
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I'm new to this forum and have read just about all I can read all over the internet in the past day trying to nail down my issue with no luck. I'll try to make it short.
I purchased an iMac G5 iSight yesterday, no hard drive. I took the front bezel off, removed LCD. Installed HDD and cable. Booted with CD, it would not recognize the HDD, it is getting power, it is spinning.
I hooked up the Sata Cable to my Power book via USB and formatted and erased the drive, using the power from the G5.
Still no luck, so my attention went to the SATA port itself. I removed the logic board and re-flowed the port just to be sure. No change.
Is there some way to test the storage controller or SATA port?
Thanks for any light you may shed!

Hey zeecar and Welcome to Apple forums,
Booted with CD, it would not recognize the HDD, it is getting power, it is spinning.
So it this a new hard drive? If so it is probably formatted in a PC format and Disk Utility won't see it unless it's erased and reformatted in a Mac format. Once you select "erase" it should see the drive.
Installed HDD and cable
Was the SATA cable missing when you bought the iSight?
I hooked up the Sata Cable to my Power book via USB
So you used a SATA to USB adapter to plug it into your PowerBook?
Is there some way to test the storage controller or SATA
I've never had to do that since I've never seen that go bad. Can the iSight see a drive plugged into the FireWire port? If you had a FireWire cable you could test that with your PowerBook by putting the PB into target mode.
If that works a viable option would be to run your iSight off an external FireWire drive.
Otherwise did you check that SATA data connector carefully? If someone pulled the cable when they took the original HD it might be damaged.
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hi
is it a thread or could you guys add 1. i just bought 2x p55a- gd65 mobos. im sorry i do not build pc's all the time. i buy every few years and try to get up to date tech..
my problem is. each new tech i go up say kn8 to an9 ddr to ddr2 etc. some of the wording in memory set up changes and or more setting options. im not sure what the 4 main settings are. say i have memory that is 8-8-8-24 and want to make it 9-9-9-24. im not sure exactly which settings to change.. i think 1 settings has cl in the wording- i know what cl is- im not sure of the others.. this lil bit of info added to the manual would help us simple folks a lot..
well maybe you guys could start another thread- maybe you can sticky them. or put all of this in a general new p55 build thread.. but.
i noticed in the manual for my 2 new p55a- gd65 and or on the mobo. the satas are stacked 2 in a stack which one is sata 1 and sata 2. its not clear in the manual. i want to guess sata 1 is the 1 closest to the mobo or pcb and 2 is on top.. i have not checked yet. but what about the io plate and say usb. i guess some of them are stacked and maybe a few of them. which is stack 1 or usb 1 and 2 etc. again id guess the 1 closest to the mobo is 1. but what about if it is a few different stacks. where would the count start from top of mobo or the bottom up.. lil things like this can snag us simple folks. but in less than 1/3 of a page in the manual for these issues could be explained with ease or by adding a few numbers to the photos etc. if i remember right my abit mobos always added the lil numbers what ever to the system photos or drawings. it helped to set up the system faster and helped even more us that do not build systems often.. we should not have to guess- a few simple lil numbers on the drawings would be sweet.
thank you if you guys could start a thread and answer these few things- i know it would help me a lot. i will have the rest of my 2 system builds by the end of the week.. i was just reading on the msi flash drive thingy- its seems cool. as long as my drives like it etc- i have 1x 512mb 1x 1g and 1x 2g drives. im not sure how much space it needs exactly. im not sure it said anything about that. it just said- make sure you have extra space- but not how much? i want to guess my 1 gig drive will be enough. i have to make sure i know what letter it will be called etc.. but i think i will be ok.. i more want to use memtest- i hope my bios will be up to date- or good enough to get it running- but i will check and see what is out and download it maybe burn it to disc etc.. i have a few days to get all of this together..
* mods feel free to move this post if need be. i started this post here because its memory related or part of it anyway.. im not sure it is threads for these lil things- maybe sticky s in another area. im not trying to take over the thread or anything. im new here..
thanks in advance.. see ya..

The timing explanations are all over the net. For instance, at techpowerup, there is page explaining all the timings.
http://www.techpowerup.com/printarticle.php?id=131
An excerpt from the webpage.
Quote from: http://www.techpowerup.com/printarticle.php?id=131
Introduction
Have you ever wondered what those numbers “2.5-3-3-8” or “2-2-2-5” and so on mean? Or have you seen words like “CAS” and “tRCD”? These are the timings for the memory, or the speed at which it processes certain commands. This whole settings area can be quite confusing and you have to have a certain knowledge of it, if you plan on overclocking. But some of you may just be plain curious as to what they are.
Rated Memory Timings.
* CAS (tCL) Timing: CAS stands for Column Address Strobe or Column Address Select. It controls the amount of time in cycles between sending a reading command and the time to act on it. From the beginning of the CAS to the end of the CAS is the latency. The lower the time of these in cycles, the higher the memory performance.
e.g.: 2.5-3-3-8 The bold “2.5” is the CAS timing.
* tRCD Timing: RAS to CAS Delay (Row Address Strobe/Select to Column Address Strobe/Select). Is the amount of time in cycles for issuing an active command and the read/write commands.
e.g.: 2.5-3-3-8 The bold “3” is the tRCD timing.
* tRP Timing: Row Precharge Time. This is the minimum time between active commands and the read/writes of the next bank on the memory module.
e.g.: 2.5-3-3-8 The bold “3” is the tRP timing.
* tRAS Timing: Min RAS Active Time. The amount of time between a row being activated by precharge and deactivated. A row cannot be deactivated until tRAS has completed. The lower this is, the faster the performance, but if it is set too low, it can cause data corruption by deactivating the row too soon.
tRAS = tCL + tRCD + tRP (+/- 1) so that it gives everything enought time before closing the bank.
e.g.: 2.5-3-3-8 The bold “8” is the tRAS timing.
(The 2.5-3-3-8 figure is just an example for memory timings.)
These are the four timings that you would see when memory is being rated. It is in the order of CAS-tRCD-tRP-tRAS. The lower these timings, the higher the performance of the memory. Some motherboard manufactors (DFI for example) list the timings in their bios CAS-tRCD-tRAS-tRP.
Certain memories can take tighter (lower) timings at higher speeds. These are the more expensive memory modules out of the bunch. There are also other timings to consider in your BIOS. Not all boards will have options like these.
http://www.techpowerup.com
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----my system----------------------------------------------
MSI K8n neo2 platium
AMD 3000+
Dual DDR ram hynix 400 (1GBx1GB)
1 Sata hdd Samsung 80GB ( windows is running on this driver)
2 Sata hdd Seagate 160GB ( raid 0 )
PSU FireLine 400w
Thanks for read my article
The time before, I don't use raid 0, I just use 1 hdd (seagate sata 160GB ), and my system run very good as a Bootrom server.
But then, when I tried 2 sata hdd seagate 160GB (raid 0), some time ( when the data's transfer is large) my server WAS HANG ( before I use raid 0, my server never was hang), I don't have any choice without press Reset button.
I'm using a good PSU ( fireline 400w 40usd) , I don't think it's a problem.
I tried new driver but it was not solve my problem.
Now i'm looking for your advices, please help me.
When i'm expecting help from other, I'm also trying alots to solve this problems.
I want to test if port sata 3 and sata 4 is good when they run in raid0, so :
I intend to plug 2 sata running raid 0 (on port sata 3 and sata4 of mainboard) to 2 port Sata 1 and sata2, but I wonder when I plug 2 hdd to new port , will I have to format them, and if not, when I start Windows from Samsung hdd (pluged on port sata 3) will Windows recognize them and see my old data . Because my data is large and importent, so I ask you before I do it.
Thanks for your support. Best Regard

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Message was edited by: flommer

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I wonder if he is referring to this, the closest I could find after Google and trying to find AHCI driver.
Intel Matrix Storage Manager 8.5.0.1032 8/15/2008
I didn't find it or anything that seemed to add support from
Intel S5000VSA downloads
The files below contain the Intel Matrix Storage Manager.
This driver provides support for high-capacity & fault-tolerant Serial ATA (SATA) RAID 5 arrays and high-performance & fault-tolerant SATA RAID 10 arrays on select Intel® 4 Series, 3 Series, 965, 975X, 955X and 945 chipset-based platforms. It provides support for high-performance SATA RAID 0 arrays & redundant SATA RAID 1 arrays on select Intel® 4 Series, 3 Series, 965, 975X, 955X, 945, 925, 915 chipset-based platforms. It also provides AHCI support on select Intel® 4 Series, 3 Series, 965, 975X, 955X, 945, 925 and 915 chipset-based platforms, as well as on Mobile Intel® 915/910 chipset-based platforms.
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DISCLAIMER: This software is provided by Intel only for the convenience of its customers. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ANY WARRANTY OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF ANY PROPOSAL, SPECIFICATION OR SAMPLE.
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Most Intel PCs that I have come across don't support SATA port multipliers except for MACs.
Paul, send me a PM.
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