At 01:24 AM 11/14/2002, "A.Tuazon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you have a Rev.A/Rev.1 mobo then you'll probably need to invest in an >ATA controller card. The built-in ATA controller in the Rev.A mobos for the >B&W tend to be on the flaky side of things when it comes to faster and >larger drives. I kept getting weird system bus errors when I went to a 30GB >drive but all that went away once I got an ATA card. Sonnet, SIIG, >Ultratek, and ACARD all make ATA controller cards for the Mac. Make sure if >you get one to check that it's for a Mac. Thanks for including this note in your comments. I too have a Rev.-A B&W and having upgraded to a faster - 7200 rpm - and larger - 40 gb - IBM drive, I too am plagued by extremely flaky performance. -> in 9.2 - many freeze crashes, errors during the extensions dance on startup, etc. and in 10.? -> previously working install on external SCSI drive hangs late in startup and the OS X Install disk crashes when it starts to write to the HD. Although I was aware of problems trying to run two ATA drives from the motherboard interface (which the place who sold me the new drive insisted on setting my Mac up to do and which I have since discontinued doing - but I still have problems) I thought the system could handle any single drive. I had been speculating and in fact beginning to hope (because it would be an uncomplicated thing to fix) that it was a bad ram chip or two (added at the same time as the HD) but having tested them extensively yesterday with Newer's Gauge Pro, they seem to be OK. Is that an adequate test, does anyone know? But on that note, is there a reference anyone knows that gives info about how to determine what memory IS good enough to run 10.X on a G3. There is frequent reference to problems with installing/running OS X related to non-Apple memory which while it performs well enough to work in OS 9, can't cut it in 10. And ... given the frequent mentions of 10.x not installing/running because of non-Apple equipment, does anyone know if there are ATA PCI cards that ARE known to work OK with OS X ? Thanks for taking the time to add the extra information that you did - it probably saved me a lot of further grief. Brian Brian O'Hara BCFPI Support Children's Mental Health Ontario 416-921-2109 (voice) 416-921-7600 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.cmho.org 40 St. Clair Ave. E. Suite 309 Toronto, ON M4T 1M9 -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
