Urgent Internal Harddrive question

Hey
I have a Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3
i bought a second drive, a Seagate 300 gb internal drive that says on the package that it works with macs
however, the ribbon cable types are different!!!
am I doing something wrong??
This is a Ultra ATA/100
7200 RPM
26 mb Cache
3.5-inch Drive
PC or Mac

You need to take the ATA drive back and get a SATA version. SATA hard drives are required for all PowerMac G5 internal mountings. You can use converters that allow a ATA drive to work in a G5 but they run $40 and are slower. You are better off getting an SATA hard drive to begin with.
Have fun,
Michael

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