On Apr 13, 2011, at 9:31 PM, tortoise wrote: > On Apr 12, 12:45 pm, "Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Simon Royal wrote a helpful article sharing his experiences with a >> Titanium PowerBook and bus-powered USB hard drive > > I bought a replacement drive for my Macbook late '06 as a kit from OWC > with a box for the old one. It works fine with the MacBook, however it > does not work with either my Pismo (USB1) or my Powerbook G4 early '05 > (USB2) even with a y-cord. Still not enough power, I guess ? > > I wondered if SATA is a problem here or perhaps a cheap SATA-usb > adapter in the box. I do have a tiny hub with a tiny 5v connection but > I don't have an AC adapter that fits to test the power issue.
Are you trying to boot from the drive? If so and as is likely, the drive is partitioned with GUID, you cannot boot it on a PPC machine. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
