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Serial ATA Drive
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Does anybody know if a ATA serial drive will work inside of a Firwire housing. I was thinking of purchasing one of these drives but I want to make sure that I don't have any surprises.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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You'ld need a firewire enclosure with a Serial ATA connection.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by thesearcher:
You'ld need a firewire enclosure with a Serial ATA connection.
And who makes a firewire case with a serial ATA connection?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: MA, USA
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i dont think those exist.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
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I read a review recently of a serial ata drive. It was slower on read than an ata 133 drive but faster on write(might be the other way around). i didn't realize that it also had a different power connecter than the old ata drives.
it requires an adapter to the old style molex connecter.
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Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
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Wait till summer when these babies are available in volume ...
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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Originally posted by TheMosco:
i didn't realize that it also had a different power connecter than the old ata drives.
Thank god. Those old 4-pin connectors are horrible. Hard to get in, harder to get out. It's about time we got a modern replacement to them!
tooki
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Moderator Join Date: May 2001
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Why does the power connector have more than four connections?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Originally posted by tooki:
Thank god. Those old 4-pin connectors are horrible. Hard to get in, harder to get out. It's about time we got a modern replacement to them!
tooki
I don't think a card edge connector is a "modern" replacement for the molex connectors used on drives. There are plenty of connections options, but a card edge connector would seem to be the least reliable for this type of use.
Tom N.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
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The reason they picked that power connecter is because it is easy to take off and on. One of the advantages of serial ata is that it is you can swap the drives out while the computer is on.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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What is the connector at the far right?
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