PCI HD Controller for ATA & SATA?

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PCI HD Controller for ATA & SATA?

I could swear I've seen a PCI card for sale somewhere online with both ATA and SATA compatibility - is there such a beast or has my wishful thinking made my memory go haywire?
I'd like to get my GigEth G4 to recognize larger ATA drives so I can install a HD I already have, but I'd also like to put a couple of new SATA drives in its empty bays w/o having to take up 2 PCI slots if possible.
The only combo cards I've been able to find are either ATA or SATA with USB, Firewire, or Ethernet ports. :\

Thanks for any help! 🙂

G4 iMac; G4 Gigabit Ethernet, dual 450: upgrades in progress ;), Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Sep 14, 2006 11:31 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 15, 2006 1:55 AM in response to Cattrfly

Hi

I've haven't seen any Mac compatible PCI cards that support both ATA and SATA, but you can buy converters that allow you to use older ATA drives on a SATA bus/SATA PCI card. The following links contain some more information:

http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/AM1010.php

http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/ide-sata

http://firmtek.stores.yahoo.net/seritek1sc1.html

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Answer 2

Cattrfly Author

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Sep 15, 2006 9:51 PM in response to Rodney Culling

Aha! Yep, one of those should do the trick nicely (I hope). Thanks very much for the help, Rodney! 🙂

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Answer 3

Oct 2, 2006 12:03 AM in response to Cattrfly

Here's one.

Serial ATA & Ultra ATA 133 Combo PCI Card for Mac
2-Port Serial ATA plus 1-Port Ultra ATA/133 Card
Upgrade your hard drives to 150MB/s and over 120GB/drive

http://www.macsense.com/product/storage/sua-100e.html

review

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/MacsenseSUA-100Ecard.html

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