will this work with the power mac g3 blue and white to replace the failing hdd?

I am a PC technician and I know very little about Mac-specific hardware but I would still like to try to answer your question since I have lots of experience with this part: This can theoretically be used with a CF card to replace ANY IDE hard drive, so if the G3 uses a standard 40-pin IDE hard drive then this should work as a replacement. With that said, CF cards are generally better for replacing hard drives on more vintage systems than newer ones because of the way CF cards perform. On the PC side, they do great on systems that run MS-DOS or Windows 3.1. Windows 95/98 will also run well from a CF card as long as you're not using the card to host a swap file (i.e. virtual memory) and the same will be true for Mac OSes. CF cards do really poorly with the rapid random reads/writes of small amounts of data that is required when hosting a swap file. The life of the CF card would be shortened and the machine's overall performance would be poor if used in this way. If you have enough real physical RAM memory in your machine that you can get away with disabling virtual memory (and assuming MacOS actually allows the user to do this) then it'll probably work well with a high-performance CF card. If you need to run with a swap file on the drive then yes it would technically still work (at least for a while) but you'd be much better off with a traditional mechanical hard drive.

Is it necessary to turn off my computer to switch Compact Flash cards using this adapter?

Yes, you must turn off your computer to switch cards, as this product does not support hot-swapping of flash cards while the PC is powered on.

Can I use this StarTech.com IDE Adapter to boot from a Compact Flash card?

Yes, this adapter allows a Compact Flash card to be used as bootable storage.

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Connect a CF card to a computer through an IDE connector
Compatible with compact flash memory cards and desktop computers with an IDE slot
Compact flash IDE adapter / CF to IDE adapter / CF to IDE converter / IDE to CF card reader
Compact flash adapter
Quick and driver free installation into any IDE 40 pin and 44 pin slot
Easily swap cards in and out with built-in push button ejector
Easy to use jumpers offer simple master/slave drive setting
Connect your flash card to an IDE slot

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Connect a CF card to a computer through an IDE connector - compact flash to ide

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Brand	StarTech.com
Model	35BAYCF2IDE

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Color	Black
Cable Length	No
Changer Type	Compact Flash Card to IDE
Specifications	This product does not support hot-swapping of flash cards while the PC is powered on. You must turn-off your computer to switch cards.

Features
Features	Allows Compact flash card to be used as bootable storage Can be mounted in the front or rear panel of your case, to fit into any 3.5"bay or available expansion slot Easily swap cards in and out with built-in push button ejector Easy to use jumpers offer simple master/slave drive setting Fully compatible with Compact Flash Type I/II and IBM Micro-drive Quick and driver free installation into any IDE 40 pin and 44 pin slot

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First Listed on Newegg	June 12, 2008

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