Author Topic: All Hail the RXD-629A7-7 IDE/SATA Adapter  (Read 16562 times)

Offline DieHard

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Re: 2021 Update (All Hail the RXD-629A7-7) IDE/SATA Adapter - BEST CHOICE
« Reply #40 on: November 09, 2021, 10:44:45 PM »
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When used in this manner to add an Inland 128 GB SSD to a G3 B&W* - already with a conventional 80 GB HD present… it actually worked! The Seagate pictured below offers jumper settings for “Master with non-ATA compatible slave”. So, if you’ve a similar conventional drive that also provides for this two jumper arrangement, it might be worth removing the jumper from the Bribge adapter and assigning that added SSD slave status?



OK, this is ground breaking for ALL G3 Blue and White Tower owners with Rev2 Logic boards !   To Actually be able to add an SSD and a Mechanical on the same cable IDE PATA Bus with the with the dirt cheap "Bribge" adapter is awesome.  In an amazing twist of fate as the Chinese incorrectly spelled "bridge" and it sailed thru quality control and actually printed "Bribge" on the circuit board, this is actually a blessing.  We can identify the very well made, dirt cheap, "Bribge" as the winner for G3 B&W Towers. Remember, this bad boy (EVB-002-03) has no capacitor issues (like the RXD poor workmanship) and it is soldered very well near the IDE pin-out, so I am guessing we should start a new thread just for the B&W G3 towers and test all combinations of hard drive types, also try (2) SSDs and/or (2) SATA mechanicals and so on with this great little piece of technology.  We should make a "All Hail the EVB-003-02 for G3" Topic.

And yes... we bought a boat-load of these for members so that the "Bribge" has a great future ahead :)
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B&W - Back In The Saddle
« Reply #41 on: November 10, 2021, 06:09:13 PM »
Continuation of the EVB-003-02 / Bribge adapter (in a B&W) examination follows here:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=6127.msg45792#msg45792

The B&W saga continues…
Insert gratuitous image here, of two 80 GB “Bad Boy” hard drives
...from those thrilling days of yesteryear!