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freimacosxheit

03-01-2006, 09:22 PM

DVD ROM of my G4/350 fails to read any CD-ROM and there is no driver for the bundled Apple original SCSI card. I could not connect my SCSI-based Yamaha CD-ROM writer to G4/350.

I can buy a used Adaptec SCSI card, which model should I look for to work under OS 10.4.4

The other alternative is using a SCSI-USB converter. May I have feedback on this converter? It is worthwhile investing into this piece of hardware.

cpragman

03-02-2006, 07:43 AM

Don't buy adaptec, buy ATTO. Adaptec dropped their mac support for systems above 10.2.8.

Las_Vegas

03-03-2006, 08:59 PM

Adaptec didn't drop support, Apple did. With the introduction of OS 10.3, apple removed the drivers for "built-in" SCSI hardware. In doing so, any SCSI card without firmware will not work.

trevor

03-06-2006, 03:47 AM

Adaptec has not updated their drivers for OS X since approximately OS X 10.0.0. They don't work in 10.3.x and 10.4.x, even if you manually install them into the OS. This can hardly be blamed on Apple.

Trevor