IDE/PATA to SATA for iMac G3 rev a

[yomatiase]

I bought this to add an SSD to my iMac G3 rev a

Amazon.com

The SSD is detected if I connect the adaptor to an USB adaptor, but it is not detected when directly connected to the computer.
The same happens to two iMac G4s

Do you know if I need an special specs IDE/PATA to SATA adaptor?

 

[Kai Robinson]

@Action Retro has had probably the most experience with these - all I know is - they're picky as hell.

 

[phunguss]

Picky as hell is correct. I read somewhere else that you should only use the red boards vs the green ones.

Verify your master slave configuration. It may not be possible to change your master slave on the cdrom (likely your 2nd device), so you may want to consider a 2nd board and swap out the cdrom for a SATA one as well.

 

[yomatiase]

Today I saw a video form @Action Retro
He recomended this Disk on module

Looking on Amazon, I found also this one, more capacity same price, but I dont' know. It would be better for OSX on an iMac g4 and cube.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Picky as hell is correct. I read somewhere else that you should only use the red boards vs the green ones.

Verify your master slave configuration. It may not be possible to change your master slave on the cdrom (likely your 2nd device), so you may want to consider a 2nd board and swap out the cdrom for a SATA one as well.

This correlates with what I have heard - specifically the startech adapters with red pcbs like THIS one.

I have had green ones work before but they are really hit or miss. The majority of them dont work in my macs.

 

[Windsor]

I have recently purchased two of the StarTech adapters (from Amazon) and they worked perfectly on an MDD 1.25-DP, a Sawtooth G4 and a B&W G3 (though the early ATA chipsets still limit drives to 128GB). I did attempt to use it for an optical drive on the B&W which did not work, but I don't know that it was a fault of the adapter.

From what I recall from an Action Retro video, the Disk-on-module was the most limited on performance. But if you need that packaging, it could be a good option. The StarTech adapter does add a bit of clutter to the back of the drive, but in my applications it fit.