On Mar 27, 2009, at 8:52 AM, nestamicky wrote:
> But, yes, I've since removed the CD in the optical drive. In fact, > when I started the laptop with the HD in the external Firewire > case---and it worked---the optical drive was still connected. When you did that, the optical drive and the HDD were on different busses. When in it's normal spot, the HDD and Optical drive are on the same ATA bus, I believe, so if the optical drive is messing up the ATA bus for *other* devices, you would get the results you're getting. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
