List of SSDs that works with Mac Os 9

[tunedbytad]

Been doing drive shootouts over here 

Tested So Far:

OCZ Agility 120MB 2.5" Sata3 SSD
Boots OS9 on $10 Ebay Ide /Sata adapter "green"
Boots OS9 on SeriTek/1V4
*this drive is pretty darn fast

Monster Digital 120MB 2.5" Sata3 SSD
Boots OS9 on $10 Ebay Ide /Sata adapter "green"
Boots OS9 on SeriTek/1V4
*good performance

Patirot Memory120MB 2.5" Sata3 SSD
Boots OS9 on $10 Ebay Ide /Sata adapter "green"
Boots OS9 on SeriTek/1V4
*slow for an SSD hangs up on access but is very well used

Samsung Evo 850 128GB MSATA Sata3 SSD
Boots OS9 on Startech "red" IDE /sata 2.5" Bay adapter
Boots OS9 on SeriTek/1V4 on China "black" 2.5" drive Case Adapter
*slower then its specs but still fairly fast
**this drive worked 50hours a week for years in my CF51 dyno tuning laptop


ScanDisk Generic M.2 Sata3 120GB SSD
Boots OS9 on SeriTek/1V4 on Startech "red" 4x M.2 3.5" Bay Adapter
*fast with random hang on seeks events very usable
**drive was very used & super cheap on ebay as under 256GB m.2 are hard to find
***this drive in new condition may be stellar!

Samsung Evo 860 M.2 Sata3 500GB SSD 3x even partitions
Boots OS9 on SeriTek/1V4 on Startech "red" 4x M.2 3.5" Bay Adapter
*super fast in all applications boot time is under 40 sec with full ProTools Mix+ TDM / open transport / OMS

SeriTek/1V4 in most cases was about double the transfer rate and half the time to test as "green" budget IDE to SATA adapter

All tested on G4 MDD 1.25SP
all non SeriTek/1V4 test backed up on * 867DP MDD * 1GhzDP QS * 933SP QS *

all toghether this took a ton of time and some money
COVID19 StayKaytion / HobbyTime


*why does it rotate?

[Roman323]

Pretty much most if not all M2 drives work
With OS 9 and X.. here is what I ordered for my Pismo and it’s a perfect fit.

[Roman323]

Please post the Solid State Drives that were proven to work on Mac Os 9.
I'll start with the ones I know:

List of SSDs that works with Mac Os 9

Samsung Evo 840  120Gb  (tested by myself)
Samsung Evo 840 EVO  120Gb  (tested by myself)
SanDisk Extreme PRO 240Gb (tested by myself)
Crucial MX500 (tested by torvan)
Crucial MX300 (tested by torvan)
OWC  Mercury Electra 3G (tested by FBz)
OWC OWCSSDMXLE480 Mercury Pro Legacy 480GB (tested by toasterking)
Samsung SM841 (tested by FBz)
LiteOn MU3  Model: PH6-CE120-G (tested by ssp3)
Plextor S3C  Model: PX-128S3C (tested by ssp3)

Dogfish Msata 128 GB (tested by toasterking)

KingSpec DOM (tested by Knezzen)
KingSpec PATA/IDE SSD (tested by Knezzen)

List of SSDs that DON'T works with Mac Os 9

Samsung Evo 850 DON'T works on Mac Os 9 (tested by DieHard)

Samsung Evo 860 "probably" DON'T works on Mac Os 9 (tested is needed)

What about any simple m2 sata stick, samsung, adata ? Are the above you mentioned M2 ? I am eyeing a samsung for 20.00 on ebay right now. full 128gb.

[IIO]

What about any simple m2 sata stick, samsung, adata ? Are the above you mentioned M2 ? I am eyeing a samsung for 20.00 on ebay right now. full 128gb.

try and report my friend! in many cases they should be technically identical.

Pretty much most if not all M2 drives work
With OS 9 and X.. here is what I ordered for my Pismo and it’s a perfect fit.

so you have tested most already and they worked? then why do you ask?

[IIO]

Samsung Evo 850 128GB MSATA Sata3 SSD

first case where mSATA works and 2,5" not.

*rings alarm bell*

[Nymunariya]

I only ever bought one IDE SSD, the:

Transcend 64GB IDE SSD TS64GPSD330 tested on G3 Clamshell (og Firewire)

• OS9: formatted originally in OS 9(.1?), and booted without a problem.  Used it for roughly 2 years (then upgraded to larger mSATA).  Gamed with it. No problem.
• OSX: would *not* boot.  It rarely got past trying to load drivers (from install cd, including Tiger DVD off PMG4MDD in FWDM), if I did wait long enough for it to time out (upwards of 40 minutes) it could never write to the drive. Or it would try and fail.  I even tried installing Tiger via Firewire disk mode, but all I remember is I never got Jaguar or Tiger to boot off that drive.  I don't know if it was the drive, or the fact that I formatted under OS 9.
• Linux (Ubuntu Mate 14.04): booted nicely. Absolutely no problems--with booting.  Configuring Xorg was an adventure.

After upgrading to mSATA, I did not do any further testing with it, but I still have the drive.  I would like to test it on my Lombard G3 (for OS 8.6 and OS X).  And if everything works out, in two weeks I should have a 3400 that I could test OS 7 & 8 with.



As for mSATAs: (I apparently have a thing for them, but let's be honest, popping an mSATA out by just lifting the keyboard is really nice.  I don't want to go back to normal IDE drives.)

Kingston 120GB HDSSD mSATA 120GB mS200: currently in Clamshell iBook (since Feb 2017) with OS 9(latest) and OS X Jaguar.  Boot without a problem.

Samsung 500GB 860 EVO mSATA: (since Jun 2019) currently in G4 MacMini with OS 9(latest) & Mac OS X Tiger.  Boots nicely.

SunBow 128GB mSATA M3 Series: (since Mar 2017) currently in PowerBook G3 Pismo with OS 9(latest) & OS X Jaguar. Boots wonderfully.

Sunbow 32GB mSATA M1 Series: (since Jun 2019) my "OS tester".  Currently has partitions with Mac OS 8.6(untested), 9(latest), OS X Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger.  Tested on Clamshell iBook and G3 Pismo, both work flawlessly.
Update 1: currently installing Cheetah to test. Because that's what it's for.
Update 2: Cheetah failed to install.  After a reboot I tried to load Disk Utility, but it would not stop pinwheeling (aka spinning beachball), and I gave up for lack of patience.  I have not tried the install cd on another computer. 

Transcend 64GB mSATA SSD TS64GMSA230S (3D Nand): (Since Jan 2020) I own two.  One has a Void Linux install, other has a Debian Buster(?) PPC install.  Tested in Clamshell iBook and G3 Pismo.  Can easily swap between them.  Boots without a problem.

All mSATAs were used with generic green IDE to mSATA adapters.

[Roman323]

I only ever bought one IDE SSD, the:

Transcend 64GB IDE SSD TS64GPSD330 tested on G3 Clamshell (og Firewire)

• OS9: formatted originally in OS 9(.1?), and booted without a problem.  Used it for roughly 2 years (then upgraded to larger mSATA).  Gamed with it. No problem.
• OSX: would *not* boot.  It rarely got past trying to load drivers (from install cd, including Tiger DVD off PMG4MDD in FWDM), if I did wait long enough for it to time out (upwards of 40 minutes) it could never write to the drive. Or it would try and fail.  I even tried installing Tiger via Firewire disk mode, but all I remember is I never got Jaguar or Tiger to boot off that drive.  I don't know if it was the drive, or the fact that I formatted under OS 9.
• Linux (Ubuntu Mate 14.04): booted nicely. Absolutely no problems--with booting.  Configuring Xorg was an adventure.

After upgrading to mSATA, I did not do any further testing with it, but I still have the drive.  I would like to test it on my Lombard G3 (for OS 8.6 and OS X).  And if everything works out, in two weeks I should have a 3400 that I could test OS 7 & 8 with.



As for mSATAs: (I apparently have a thing for them, but let's be honest, popping an mSATA out by just lifting the keyboard is really nice.  I don't want to go back to normal IDE drives.)

Kingston 120GB HDSSD mSATA 120GB mS200: currently in Clamshell iBook (since Feb 2017) with OS 9(latest) and OS X Jaguar.  Boot without a problem.

Samsung 500GB 860 EVO mSATA: (since Jun 2019) currently in G4 MacMini with OS 9(latest) & Mac OS X Tiger.  Boots nicely.

SunBow 128GB mSATA M3 Series: (since Mar 2017) currently in PowerBook G3 Pismo with OS 9(latest) & OS X Jaguar. Boots wonderfully.

Sunbow 32GB mSATA M1 Series: (since Jun 2019) my "OS tester".  Currently has partitions with Mac OS 8.6, 9(latest), OS X Jaguar, Panther, Tiger.  May have Leopard and Puma, but I can't find it right now.  Tested on Clamshell iBook and G3 Pismo, both work flawlessly.

Transcend 64GB mSATA SSD TS64GMSA230S (3D Nand): (Since Jan 2020) I own two.  One has a Void Linux install, other has a Debian Buster(?) PPC install.  Tested in Clamshell iBook and G3 Pismo.  Can easily swap between them.  Boots without a problem.

All mSATAs were used with generic green IDE to mSATA adapters.

What about the long m2 sata ? I just ordered a board and cover which will fit right into the pismo.. I was looking at either Adata 128gb OR Samsung EVO ? 128GB.

[IIO]

which part of "you have to test that yourself" didnt you understand.

[Roman323]

which part of "you have to test that yourself" didnt you understand.

Were you talking to me ? I am not a troll... I just don't want to waste my money on something that does not work - the long M2 Sata from a guy on 68mla.com I think bought a green board to fit into the pismo and bought also a 500GB(overkill if u ask me) m2 sata. i am not a troll.

[Roman323]

which part of "you have to test that yourself" didnt you understand.

How would you like it if i called you troll ? A loyal OS9 user is not a troll. I have never done this before as far as SSD - this is out of my league since I have been away from high tech stuff for awhile and finally getting back into it.

[Bolkonskij]

Guys, guys... relax, ok? We're all on the same side and share the same hobby. No need to "cuss 'n curse". I recently sense some aggression in the Mac OS community (not just here) I don't know where it is coming from.

Is it the covid-19 quarantine ?
Is it boredom ?
Maybe both?

Anyway ... we don't have to hug and love, but let's discuss and interact the way people used to do before the social media phenomena?

Back to topic: I successfully tested a Qumox 120 GB SSD in my MDD 2003, which is one of those super cheap SSDs. Mine was a gift from the dealer that come with an order ...

[MacTron]

I had to delete some of the offending words.
I hate having to edit posts.
One o the most fascinating things about bein a moderator here is that usually there is nothing to moderate.

Please keep the good vibes all arround.

Cheers to everybody.

[Roman323]

Thank you :-) yes, it’s probably due to Covid-19, maybe.

[FBz]

Interesting to note here perhaps that Nymunariya reports that the Samsung
500GB 860 EVO mSata boots OS 9 and OS X in his Mac Mini
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,5447.msg40411.html#msg40411
when it had been previously mentioned that the EVO 860 SSD
...was considered questionable? 

New news?

[Nymunariya]

Interesting to note here perhaps that Nymunariya reports that the Samsung
500GB 860 EVO mSata boots OS 9 and OS X in his Mac Mini
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,5447.msg40411.html#msg40411
when it had been previously mentioned that the EVO 860 SSD
...was considered questionable? 

New news?

her Mac Mini, yes. I took a screenshot of the System Profile page, incase there's some specific version of it that I'm using that I don't know about.

Did you consider the SATA SSD questionable, or the mSATA SSD?

I doubt the (super generic "Goliton") IDE 2 mSATA adapter made any difference, but then again somebody did report that it did not work with their PowerBook G4. Could just be amazon giving me some generic mSATA adapter, from the pile of generic chinese mSATA adapters.

[FBz]

Reference first post, this thread.
(SATA SSD = questionable.)
Your screenshot shows the OS 9 driver installed.
Might be good news for the EVO 860 SATA SSD?

[XinSheng]

Hello, new user, and new mac owner I guess, but long time procrastinator. Haven't been using the pandemic to get around to hobbies/projects. This forum is so choc full of information, information overload, that I haven't actually done much yet. If anyone is trying to not spend money, I have a native OS9 machine, iMac G4, and a couple other G4 machines non native OS9, and I happen to have a Samsung EVO 860 SSD 1TB drive being temporarily used in a 2010 Poly MacBook. I just need to buy an IDE to SATA adapter I suppose so that I can help add to the useful list that MacTron started. If anyone has a suggested one, it would be appreciated. Otherwise I'll probably just look through Amazon or eBay and pick something that has high reviews that don't look suspicious. But with shipping being somewhat unreliable it might be a few days or a week before I get the part once I order. Thanks for all the hard work, and maybe I can contribute shortly.

[Roman323]

Hi, welcome to the forum ! What PPC Mac do you plan to use a 1TB M2 sata card in ? For OS 9, 1TB is overkill as the OS can only see 128GB of it, but for OS X, no limit - tiger or Leopard will make use of it.

[Roman323]

Hello,

Does anyone know if Crucial makes a 128GB of this same type of M2 sata stick ? 500זGB is too much.

[Nymunariya]

[...] For OS 9, 1TB is overkill as the OS can only see 128GB of it[...]

While that’s kinda true for early new world macs (like G3s), OS9 apparently has a software “volume limit” (not drive limit) of about 190GB.

Now I want to buy more mSATAs ... because I do not want to open the mini again ...

When booting the Mini into Mac OS 9, OS 9 can see and access both partitions. I even have all of my games on the larger OS X partition.