So I ordered a shiny new 150GB 10,000 RPM WD Raptor last Friday to replace my 74GB Raptor. It came in today (yesterday…) and I set about cloning my data to the new drive. Except that the drive kept freezing up during the cloning process. Wiping the drive was problematic too (stupid thing couldn’t unmount, even when I booted from the 10.4.3 DVD). So I try a bunch of stuff to no avail. So I finally Google it and what do I find? G5s can’t handle a bunch of features on newer SATA drives (and as a result, they don’t work too well with them), so the thing is worthless in my G5. The solution is to get a third party SATA controller card. That’s a pretty worthless solution, as I see nothing but problems with those drivers and OS updates. So it’s probably going to sit on my desk until I get around to building that PC for my CS needs in the next month or two. Argghhhh, stupid technology!
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