On Jun 23, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Dana Collins wrote:
> I am curious to know if the same issue exists for the Lombard > (G3/400MHz > unit). I am in hopes of upgrading its OEM 6 Gig HD to a new slim line > (9.5mm) Samsung Spinpoint 20 Gig HD. Will I need to shield the HD? Spinpoints work well in Wallstreets, but certain firmware revisions of Spinpoints will not work in Lombards or in Pismos. The problem is with the Spinpoint and with the Apple. An affected Spinpoint cannot properly "negotiate" its preferred ATA level with a Lombard or a Pismo. There are flaws in the firmware of both the Apple (never fixed, BTW) and with the Spinpoint (this was eventually fixed). I was forced to return a number of Spinpoints because of the flaw in Lombards and Pismos (since taken out of service). The "fix" was one particular series of IBM Travelstars, the 5K80, I think. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
