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UltraATA66 PCI-Card for Windows in a Mac
Name: eastway Date: May 22, 2001 at 13:20:42 Pacific
Comment:
hello,
may I use a Promise Ultra66 IDE PCI-Card which was designed for Windows also in my MacOS Umax Computer ?
In general, may I install Windows PCI-Cards in a Mac or is there a possibility of damaging of a computer when doing so ?
PC PCI cards won't work in a Mac. You'll be taking the chance of damaging the board.
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Response Number 2
Name: mike janowski Date: May 25, 2001 at 14:11:18 Pacific
Reply:
Well, my understanding is that a PCI card is a PCI card...but the driver needs to be specific to Mac or PC (because it's software...)
However, I'm not sure that the Umax is a PCI computer...have you checked out that avenue?
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Response Number 3
Name: chris Date: May 28, 2001 at 21:31:37 Pacific
Reply:
yes pci is pci and all you ned is the right software to run the card pci cards that giv you usb or firewire will work in pc's or mac's you just need drivers. asfar as getting your promise card to work in a mac you need the drivers from vst they take the promise cards repakage them and add drivers for the mac.
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Response Number 4
Name: anon Date: January 19, 2002 at 18:07:11 Pacific
Reply:
The Promise card is identical to the VST/SmartDisk UltraTek 66 that is made for mac, but the Promise card does not have the firmware that the VST card has that makes the Mac recognize it - so the answer is no, it won't work - but it won't damage your computer, either!
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