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News Archive for: Friday Sept. 26, 2008
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| Reminder on ATI 3870 Mac/PC Edition Compatibility |
(The latest in a continuing saga - ATI's product page needs a clear "Mac Pro with OS X 10.5.2 or later" requirement for Mac use.)
Last night I posted a request for sources of G5 Tower PCIe graphics cards (other than ebay) and a couple replies suggested the ATI 3870 Mac/PC edition, which isn't compatible with G5 towers. (Although it does work with PCIe 1.0 Mac Pros as well as PCIe 2.0 models, EFI cards don't work with G5 towers.) Just a reminder in case anyone else isn't clear on that (to avoid buying something that won't work since the ATI product page doesn't list Mac models in the requirements currently although OWC's page notes "Mac Pro with OS X 10.5.2 or later").
Several readers with Mac Pros running OS X Tiger had bought the 3870 before being aware of the 10.5.2 or later requirement also, as it wasn't on ATI's page.
I added a FYI about G5 PCIe towers to Oliver's review of the 3870 Mac/PC edition. |
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| Mac Drive Upgrades/Compatibility Reports Database Updated |
| The Mac Drive/Storage Upgrades Database had 2 more reports added. Current total - 16,487. (Searching by drive type, brand, mac model etc. listed below will show full reports, most recent first)
Hard Drives:
- IDE Seagate 320GB (ST3320620A) in iMac G4 (OS X 10.4.11)
(Includes notes on HD and internal RAM upgrades - ref: iMac G4 take apart/upgrading Optical Drive, HD, RAM (Internal) here from 2002)
- SATA Western Digital 150GB VelociRaptor (WD1500HLFS) x2 in (2008) Mac Pro (OS X 10.5.5)
(includes benchmarks of single drive and RAID. This is the new HLFS (suffix) model ("backplane ready") that mates with the Mac Pro HD bay connectors without any mods. (OWC has stock now on the 300GB VelociRaptor HLFS Mac Pro/Backplate ready version.) The original VelociRaptor models (GLFS suffix) required minor mod to mate w/Mac Pro bays - Info is included in Oliver's Comparison of 32GB SSD vs 10,000 RPM HDs article here from June 2008. )
You can read full reports (latest shown first) by searching the database by drive/brand/interface/mac models (the latest reports are shown first in searches). The database includes reports on Optical Drives (Blu-Ray, DVD, CD/CDR, etc.), Hard Drives, Tape drives, Removable media (ORB, ZIP, MO drives), NAS (Network Attached Storage), in all interface types (IDE, SATA, Firewire, SCSI, USB, adapters).
If you've added/upgraded a drive in your Mac send me the details (drive info/speed rating/mac model/OS version used, etc.). Note: Please use the drive for at least a week before reporting on it and test for booting from Disc with Optical Drives (as well as burning discs). Thanks.
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