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December 04, 2003
Serial ATA to... ANYTHING!
Does anyone had any idea how to get a Serial ATA drive enclosure? One that outputs to something that is not Serial ATA like FireWire (any flavor) or USB (any flavor). I just need to get the SATA drive connected to the computer but outside the box. The G5 only has room for 2 SATA drives internally but it will have 2 inside but I have three SATA drives. Update: as a test to check the "theory" presented that says a misplaced heat sensor could have resulted in the hard drive failure I put a ice pack on top of my G5, near the drive location. I just laid it up there. About 20 minutes later the temperature was reading 78 degrees Fahrenheit. That is SOOO not right. It makes me believe the sensor has nothing to do with the drive temperature but instead is measuring the air around the drive bay and the heat sink that is the G5 case. If it is a heat thing that killed my HD, then Apple would have had a faulty design, correct? Update 2: I bought an Infrared thermometer ($50 US at Fry's Electronics, in the multimeter section) and it says my drives are running at around 124 degrees. The G5 is reporting 96 degrees. Someone is lying,   Posted by rosyna at December 04, 2003 11:14 AMTrackback Pings: TrackBack URL for this entry: Related:
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Would something like this work? http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ME-720SATA Posted by: MattBrink on December 4, 2003 12:44 PMDoh! How about this one! (It has a "SATA to SATA" interface option.) http://www.xterasys.com/me350.htm Posted by: MattBrink on December 4, 2003 1:08 PMWill any of these help? http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=ENC Posted by: CREB on December 4, 2003 1:43 PMRosyna, I want to warn you that the level of the infrared thermometer you purchased is what the manufacturer's refer to as a "throw-a-way". The reason being is that they are only calibrated once and then the lower cost units have an a much higher error rate. They are good for general use and if some yo-yo slammed the shipping box down then problems can occur. If you have access to an infrared unit that can and has been professionally calibrated give it whirl. Posted by: CREB on December 4, 2003 5:34 PMI bought it yesterday for this purpose only. It seems to tell the correct temperature. At least on all the items I tried it on. Now... how do I get the sensor off the top of the case... Posted by: Rosyna on December 4, 2003 5:43 PMThere is an extensive article and testing on this issue at: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G5/G5_drive_heat_tips.html I will move my sensor as soon as my G5 arrives ;-) Posted by: Michele on December 5, 2003 7:21 AMSerial ATA to Parallel ATA Bridge at PCMods http://www.pcmods.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=398 9 bucks in stock Posted by: Griff on December 5, 2003 9:00 AMI fear the stacking design for the G5 internal hard drives may prove less desirable than the side-by-side design of the G4's. If anyone has seen the latest issue of iCreate (a UK rag) at your local newsstand, take a look at the next to the last page where they have photo enhanced a G5 tower to make a small case. Ideally, the MAC I want is one I do not see. I'd rather have the CPU tucked away in a closet and the peripherals in a case much like what's recreated in iCreate. With advanced technologies, in the way of material composites equating to cooler running CPU's, we may see this concept in the future. Posted by: CREB on December 5, 2003 3:00 PMKeep comments on topic. If a comment is unrelated to this post, it may be removed or moderated. |