10-30-2006, 02:58 PM
[quote OWC Larry]What computer are you putting our OWC SATA card into?
That card is tested and supported in the PowerMac G3 B&W and later. It's not designed for the PowerMac G3 Beige or prior. Has to do with the PCI slot version required which was only implemented with the B&W G3 PowerMac model.
I am surprised that it works at all under OS 9 in either of the two machines listed.
Specifically - it requires a PCI v2.2 compliant bus whereas the Beige G3 and 7600 are PCI v2.1.
And compatibility from the item description:
"Any Power Macintosh G3(Blue & White), G4, or G5 system with an available PCI slot. This card is NOT compatible with PCI-Express G5 Power Macintosh Systems."
I get the whole tested compatibility part. I'm well aware that I am using the card outside the verified specs, but I had a SIIG PATA card with similar requirements and it worked fine with the same systems. The card itself works fine with every drive tested except oddly enough the SATA Seagate drive. I'm thinking the problem may be between those two devices.
Also, my title was to allude to the PCI SATA card and the Seagate drive being not happy together. I'm actually nonplussed by the whole issue, but not angry. Everything seems like it should function, but strangely doesn't. I would like it to work, but more importantly I want to know if my new Seagate drive is malfunctioning or simply not compatible. Has OWC done any testing with the new perpendicular SATA drives and the 2+2 SATA card? Has OWC done testing with this card and 3Gb/sec SATA drives? Wasn't there issues with some version of the Power Mac G5 not working with certain SATA drives? Could this problem be similar?
I'm actually wondering if it will make any difference if I install the card and drive into another newer Mac or Windows machine. If not, then maybe an SATA external case with the Seagate drive will help compensate for the possible incompatibility. I'm not ruling out errors with the drive either.
Thanks.
Nathan
That card is tested and supported in the PowerMac G3 B&W and later. It's not designed for the PowerMac G3 Beige or prior. Has to do with the PCI slot version required which was only implemented with the B&W G3 PowerMac model.
I am surprised that it works at all under OS 9 in either of the two machines listed.
Specifically - it requires a PCI v2.2 compliant bus whereas the Beige G3 and 7600 are PCI v2.1.
And compatibility from the item description:
"Any Power Macintosh G3(Blue & White), G4, or G5 system with an available PCI slot. This card is NOT compatible with PCI-Express G5 Power Macintosh Systems."
I get the whole tested compatibility part. I'm well aware that I am using the card outside the verified specs, but I had a SIIG PATA card with similar requirements and it worked fine with the same systems. The card itself works fine with every drive tested except oddly enough the SATA Seagate drive. I'm thinking the problem may be between those two devices.
Also, my title was to allude to the PCI SATA card and the Seagate drive being not happy together. I'm actually nonplussed by the whole issue, but not angry. Everything seems like it should function, but strangely doesn't. I would like it to work, but more importantly I want to know if my new Seagate drive is malfunctioning or simply not compatible. Has OWC done any testing with the new perpendicular SATA drives and the 2+2 SATA card? Has OWC done testing with this card and 3Gb/sec SATA drives? Wasn't there issues with some version of the Power Mac G5 not working with certain SATA drives? Could this problem be similar?
I'm actually wondering if it will make any difference if I install the card and drive into another newer Mac or Windows machine. If not, then maybe an SATA external case with the Seagate drive will help compensate for the possible incompatibility. I'm not ruling out errors with the drive either.
Thanks.
Nathan