@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It maxed out at 133MB/s. It will ***not*** have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. Not compatible interfaces (connections). Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
=== Update (05/13/2022) ===
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Yes you can use those ports. Remember that the 2006 - 2012 Mac Pros never saw internal SATA3 so you are tight to that speed.
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Yes you can use those ports. Remember that the 2006 - 2012 Mac Pros never saw internal SATA3 so you are tight to that speed on those connections
@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It maxed out at 133MB/s. It will ***not*** have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. Not compatible interfaces (connections). Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
=== Update (05/13/2022) ===
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Yes you can use those ports. Remember that Sadly the 2006 - 2012 Mac Pros never saw internal SATA3 so you are tight to that speed.
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Yes you can use those ports. Remember that the 2006 - 2012 Mac Pros never saw internal SATA3 so you are tight to that speed.
@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It maxed out at 133MB/s. It will ***not*** have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. Not compatible interfaces (connections). Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
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=== Update (05/13/2022) ===
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Yes you can use those ports. Remember that Sadly the 2006 - 2012 Mac Pros never saw internal SATA3 so you are tight to that speed.
@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It will not have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. It maxed out at 133MB/S. Not compatible interfaces (connections). Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
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@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It maxed out at 133MB/s. It will ***not*** have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. Not compatible interfaces (connections). Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It will not have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. It maxed out at 133MB/S. Bot compatible. Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
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@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It will not have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. It maxed out at 133MB/S. Not compatible interfaces (connections). Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro
@roboscrap your optical drive should actually be a Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as ATA or IDE interface. It will not have the speed that your SATA 3 drives have. It maxed out at 133MB/S. Bot compatible. Let us know the exact year for your Mac Pro