About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 9:31 AM |
gchron |
Hello to sll I have an Acard ata 133 card and used to work with it with some problems but not so serius though. I just purchase a new WD 120 GB HD and the problems started. The card cannot work with my DVD attached on it and the system craches all the time. When I remove the DVD all the System works perfectly. I tried a friends DVD in case that the DVD had the problem and so I realized that the problem is on the ACARD. So I surfed over the internet and found the sonnet ATA 133 card, witch (as it says it supports ATAPI devices) So I think that this is the product I need. So I would like to ask you all. Is this product good for me Is my DVD going to work with not any problems??? Also Is my HD going to work with OSX as a 120 GB (In other words is there the 8GB limitation in the newer firmware)?? Also as I read the Disk is going to be seen as SCSI in 9 and as ATA in X I formated the disk as SCSI with my carrent card will it be able to work as ATA?? Finally I have seen the Tempo trio card witch has and USB2 FW ports. Is this product a good purchase as I would like to know if firewire is pupmping power to FW in order to use an ipod??? I heard that there are cards with a power imput plugs to give them power from the computer instead only from the PCI. Is the Trio supports that or does not need it??? |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 26, 2003 12:05 PM |
gchron |
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I could go external with no any problem but I would like to play DVDs from the DVD player and it does not play well if it is external. With the Acard I had was working OK until now :-( |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 11:08 PM |
macguruguy |
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I couldn't get my Pioneer DVD-RW to burn DVDs at all internally with my Trio card (and I'm running the latest beta firmware from Sonnet), although it would read them fine. I eventually had to use an external case with the external firewire port on the Trio card. My recommendation is save yourself the headache and just go external. |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 7:27 PM |
joevt |
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I don't think the Trio is good for DVD playing unless you have a 700 or 800MHz CPU. I've only tried it with a 500 MHz G3 which is good enough for an SIIG card but not for the Trio. The Trio uses power from PCI to power FireWire devices. There is no separate power connector on the Trio. |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 4:06 PM |
marcush |
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I can still run my DVD drive on the Second channel of my Tempo ATA/100 if I set the drive to slave and the HD to master. Usually there is only the the the DVD drive on the 2nd channel by itself set as master. |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 1:46 PM |
chibi_delenn |
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I have a Sonnet Tempo Trio, and installed on channel 1 is a 40 GB Seagate HD, and a 200 GB WD SE HD. Channel 2 houses the lone DVD-ROM drive (Pioneer DVD-106S). For DVD to work, you'll need the HDs to be on their own channel, and the DVD drive by itself. If there's ANY other drive on the same channel as the DVD drive, it will not work, period. |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 12:59 PM |
chris270 |
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Make sure you have the latest firmware. I was having nightmares with my Sonnet 133 card until I realized that it needed a firmware upgrade. |
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RE: About Sonnet ATA Cards |
April, 25, 2003 12:46 PM |
marcush |
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I recommend the Sonnet cards. I have an Tempo ATA/100, but I also have an Acard ATA/133. To save some money you might try upgrading to the latest firmware for the Acard. That is what I had to do to get it to even see my Toshiba SD R-1202 combo drive. The drive works well with either card. I got the Sonnet card because it recognizes IDE and ATAPI devices attached to it and does not trick OSX into seeing them as SCSI drives. This is an advantage if you want to install a Pioneer DVD burner. I have the a Pioneer DVR-104 attached to the Sonnet card in my PowerTower Pro with Sonnet G4/800 and 1GB RAM. iDVD works with this combination as does the Apple Disc Burner. I have a 120 GB IBM drive attached to for storage as well an 80GB WD SE drive that I boot from. It has a 20GB partition for OSX. The 8GB limit is a problem for drives attached to this card if you attempt to install OSX. If you already have OSX installed on a partition bigger then 8GB then it will still boot and you can install updates. You just can't do an initial OSX install with the drive attached to the Sonnet card if the partition is bigger than 8GB. I don't know what kind of success you will have with a Tempo Trio card. The reports are mixed. If you have a lot of PCI cards installed in you machine there seems to be a problem with NVRAM getting filled up, which causes the card to fail. I think it was NVRAM. Someone correct me if that is incorrect. I use a Ratoc Firewire/USB2.0 combo card for my needs. I got this stuff long before the Trio was announced, otherwise, I might have bought one of those. As it stands what I have works flawlessly so I'm not inclined to replace the two cards. My Ratoc card has a power connector which draws current directly from the power supply so anything bus powered that you plug into a Firewire port, like an iPod, will work. I don't know if the Trio card has a power connector for bus power. |
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