SATA drives, external firewire drives
Looking at replacement internal drives for
a G5 tower, I see drives that look like:
400GB, SATA-7
and drives that look like
400GB, SATA U150
Is there only one kind of serial ATA drive (i.e. will
either SATA-7 or SATA U150 work in a G5 tower?)
Also, for my new iMac mini, which only has a firewire 400
port, can I plug in a firewire 800 drive and have it
work at 400 speed? (The drive I have in mind is a
G-tech 800GB raid).
a G5 tower, I see drives that look like:
400GB, SATA-7
and drives that look like
400GB, SATA U150
Is there only one kind of serial ATA drive (i.e. will
either SATA-7 or SATA U150 work in a G5 tower?)
Also, for my new iMac mini, which only has a firewire 400
port, can I plug in a firewire 800 drive and have it
work at 400 speed? (The drive I have in mind is a
G-tech 800GB raid).
Comments
Originally posted by e1618978
Also, for my new iMac mini, which only has a firewire 400
port, can I plug in a firewire 800 drive and have it
work at 400 speed? (The drive I have in mind is a
G-tech 800GB raid).
you would need a 9 to 6 pin firewire adapter to do that. but ya, it would work at 400 speed.