There is the following drive for sale on eBuyer:
http://www.ebuyer.com/319640-seagate-3tb-barracuda-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm0 01#
Does anyone know whether this hard drive would be compatible in my G5?
I haven't fitted an internal drive before and would appreciate all advice.
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I don't know about a SATA-III
A quick google search says it's only backward compatible with SATA II.
Apparently you can buy a a PCI-E SATA-3 adapter from NewEgg, but I don't know what limitations it could have.
Don't use Seagate SATA drives in a G5.
They have a bad history of firmware conflicts with G5s.
Further, don't expect ease of use with over 2 TB drives in a G5.
The controller only recognizes 2.2 TB, so partitioning will be necessary IF the drive is properly recognized at all.
Stick with MAX. 2 TB Western Digital Blue and Black drives or Hitachi 7K drives.
These drives are known to work well in a G5, even in the case of a SATA rev. 3 drive.
WD drives will require a jumper on pins 5 and 6 to limit data rate to work with a G5, but are otherwise trouble free.
Hitachi 7k SATA rev. 3 drives (thus far) do not require a jumper to work in a G5.
AVOID all green, 5200/5400 RPM drives, regardless of maker or capacity.
Would this drive be compatible?
