Hi guys, I recently picked up an Acard AHARD ATA 66 pci card (AEC6260M Ultra 66) for my G4 upgraded beige desktop, with the intention of connecting it to my main hard drive, an IBM 41.1gb hard drive (5400rpm), which is rated compatible with the card.
I got down to installing it today and haven't been able to get it to work. Now according to the manual its all plug and play supposedly. I believe my problem is a master/slave issue, but I can't work out which. Ok my hard drive is set to master. And so is the cd-rom. Now when I install the ATA card, I use the cable provided to connect it to the hard drive, and the cable is connected to the primary ide port on the card. I leave the cd-rom connected to the port of the motherboard. Now to me, the hard drive should be master and the cd-rom slave, so I make the changes, and on bootup I get the flashing question mark. Making the hard drive slave and hard drive master only lets me boot of the OS 9 cd. So I'm not sure what configuration I need to work with. I've removed the card and replugged the hard drive back onto the motherboard ide and everythings back to normal (wouldn't be typing this otherwise). Anybody got an ideas on where I'm going wrong? Many thanks in advance, Niall ps life is never simple is it when it comes to computer upgrades! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
