Looking for PCI SCSI card for G5

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Looking for PCI SCSI card for G5

I've just learned my old SCSI PCI card (5 volt) from my G4 won't work in the G5 (3.3 volt PCI slot).

I'm looking for a 50-pin SCSI PCI card, 3.3v, that will work in a G5 & with OSX ... any suggestions? Thanks.

G5 Dual 1.8 GHz PPC, Mac OS X (10.4.8), ATI 9800, Apple 23" Cinema Display

Posted on Mar 21, 2008 8:35 AM

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Mar 21, 2008 8:57 AM in response to Kool G4

Hi Kool G4-

May be something useful here: OWC

Luck-

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Kool G4 Author

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Apr 2, 2008 5:52 PM in response to Kool G4

I Googled for a while and found myself on ebay ... the Adaptec 29160N is a Mac compatible scsi card for 5V / 3.3V PCI slots, there are a few varieties of this card, but this one has a high-density 50-pin connector on the back and others connectors internally.

The drivers built-in to OS 10.4.8 run just fine with this card in my PPC G5, bringing life back to my old, trusty AppleOne Scanner (via VueScan).

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Macintap

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May 13, 2008 9:39 AM in response to Kool G4

I'm interested to know if this is the plain old Adaptec 29160N or the Adaptec PowerDomain 29160N. I made a similar upgrade 4 years ago and I had an identical problem. I never got my old scanner to work. The ratoc SCSI--Firewire bridge didn't support multiprocessors, and the Adaptec PowerDomain card was prohibitively expensive. Due to the lack of updated drivers for the scanner, VueScan was necessary in either case, if remember properly.

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Macintap

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Jun 1, 2008 5:45 PM in response to Macintap

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