At 5:18 PM +0100 7/23/03, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: >I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS 10.2.6) and I'm >now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external housing. I've bought a housing >with a USB 2 connector (another story) and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the >jumpers to force it to be a slave drive (or set to Cable Connect) or is this just a >PC thing? The drive didn't show up on the desktop and then began an ominous clicking >sound. Does anyone have any experience of this?
I can't say whether Cable Connect will work, but in any case if it is set to Master and if it is the only drive it should work. Do you have sufficient power for the drive? The clicking could be because the drive needs a lot of power to spin up, and when it tries it can't get enough, and hence decides to turn it self off. Do you have an external power supply for the drive? I'd ditch that USB interface for a FireWire interface. You won't be happy with the speed of USB. Waaaaay tooooo sloooooow! Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
