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SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Driver - 3.0

use 128 GB+ drives with older Macs

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All Time:	(3.9)
This Version:	(3.9)
Current Version:	3.0
Release Date:	2008-04-11
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	6,627
Downloads (all versions):	6,627
Price:	$24.95

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Product Description:

The SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver was created to allow the use of extended capacity ATA drives (drives greater than 128 Gigabytes in size) on older (Pre-Mirrored Door) G4 and G3 Macintoshes including Cube, PowerMacs, PowerBooks, iBooks and iMacs running MacOS X versions 10.2 and later. Includes intelligent installation/removal utility. Available stand-alone or as part of SpeedTools Utilities package.

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What's new in this version:

Added Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard" Support

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

MacOS X (10.2 or later)
ATA Drive greater than 128 Gigabytes in size
G3 or G4 (which not currently support extended capacity drives)

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(3.9)	Features:	(3.9)	Support:	(3.9)
Ease of Use:	(3.9)	Quality / Stability:	(3.9)	Price:	(3.7)

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Works Perfectly (version 3.0) - Version: 3.0, 4/8/2008 10:27AM PST

(1 of 2 users found this comment useful)

andrewoporto

Apr 8, 08 I have spent quite a bit of time researching how to get my Gigabit PowerMac to see the full size of my larger than 129GB drives. This product was named multiple times and I looked into it. It has been around for quite a few years and is being used on a very large cross section of Mac models. Over the years there have been some complaints (what on earth has never been complained about?). I'm writing to say I have; Paid for the product, without problem Downloaded the file, without problem Unzipped and copied the file to my drive, without problem Installed the drivers, without problem (160GB Seagate Barracuda and 320GB Western Digital Caviar drives via motherboard connection) I boot into Tiger 10.4.11, Panther 10.3.9, Jaguar 10.2.8, all on separate partitions of the same drive I also boot into OS 9.2.2 on a second drive I have cloned all my volumes and am able to boot to all clones, without problem (using, CCC 3.1, and Disk Utility "Restore") and everything works perfectly! I hope the boards with the negative feedback would take a moment and review the dates of the complaints and "clean up" their posts. This product works exactly as described. Andrew

Excellent (version 2.0.1) - Version: 3.0, 6/14/2007 05:54AM PST

benbird (Ben Software Ltd)

Worked on my G4 with 500GB drive perfectly. No problems whatsoever - does exactly what it claims.

Good work - Version: 3.0, 8/14/2005 12:44AM PST

macdalen

I downloaded v1.2 ( not 1.0 )driver for my G4 400 PCI Graphics MacOsx 10.4.2 with a Maxtor 6L200P0 200 GB as secondary drive and it does'nt work. <br>I posted in the Intech support board the issue and in a week they released 1.2.1 that's working fine. Great work, in august!!!<br> Manuele