Internal ATA Controller for G4. Any recommendations?

[montag451]

Hi,
I am more of a PC plonker myself, but am running an errand for a friend.

He has a pimped up G4 dual 800mhz system which was built from scrapped parts.

Problem:
He has a single 500GB PATA drive but only 137GB is recognised.
If he puts in an ATA controller (and we were looking at Sonnet Tempo Ultra ATA controller), would that enable the whole hdd to be recognised?

Any other recommendations for an ATA controller?

The computer is being used as a marketing/ad/dtp tool for a charity that deals in used/refurb computers, so be kind.

Cheers in advance.

 

[TheStu]

What is the OS? It is possible that the OS is the limiting factor (not sure why, but whatever)

 

[montag451]

OS 10.2 I think.
He will be upgrading to 10.4 sometime soon.

 

[TheStu]

Hrm... that is strange then. Well, that's the end of my knowledge then, sorry.

 

[montag451]

Thanks for trying though.

 

[manly]

That's a Quicksilver and does not have LBA48 support for "large drives". Apple says the minimum Power Mac is a Mirrored Drive Door, but I believe some Quicksilver 2002 models are good as well.

Macintosh: Using 128 GB or Larger ATA Hard Drives

Specifications - Power Mac

Yes, the Sonnet Tempo is a good choice. Unfortunately, these damn controllers for Mac aren't cheap. ACARD makes one as well.

 

[montag451]

Cheers Manly.
Thanks for the info (I didn't know about Quicksilver etc)
In UK can get those cards for about £40 ($85) - so it would probably work out for him.

Think that just about sorts out the prob.

All the best.