Members freakk guitarist Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 so i need a new internal harddrive to put audio files on, got a maxtor 200GB, but none of the connecters match up, and i have no clue what im doing! apparently the only thing to do is master/slave it to my superdrive, could someone please give me some guidance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Code-001 Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Sounds to me like you got the wrong drive. Is your Mac ATA or SATA? HD ATA or SATA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freakk guitarist Posted September 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 honestly im not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Code-001 Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 SATA:ATA:What model is your mac? HD model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freakk guitarist Posted September 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by Code-001 SATA: ATA: What model is your mac? HD model? i think its SATA, my mac is a G5 dual core powermac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jmartin Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Also,keep in mind that depending on the type of Mac you have, the hard drives are not exactly the same as ones u would use in a PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trey85stang Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by jmartin Also,keep in mind that depending on the type of Mac you have, the hard drives are not exactly the same as ones u would use in a PC. uhh.. yeah they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Code-001 Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by trey85stang uhh.. yeah they are. +1 Since you have a G5, it IS SATA. Now, could you please read off all the information on the HD? We'll see if it's an actual SATA drive or an ATA drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freakk guitarist Posted September 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 it is a Maxtor 200 GB Ultra series, and now i see it says Ultra ATA, not Sata, or Serial ATA. looks like im returning this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Code-001 Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by freakk guitarist it is a Maxtor 200 GB Ultra series, and now i see it says Ultra ATA, not Sata, or Serial ATA. looks like im returning this one Yup, gotta return it. That's Ultra ATA or what I just call ATA. Serial ATA is what your G5 uses and requires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Simon Garlick Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by freakk guitarist i have no clue what im doing! +1, Insightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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