I used a 20 GB Maxtor with a Rev 1 board with no problems, whatsoever. Some people have problems with some larger drives than that, with certain 40 GB IBM models getting lots of complaints.
As for slave drives being the issue, yes, that's what I've seen reported. More specifically, the problem has to do with running 2 drives at ATA-66 speeds. OS X supposedly drops the primary channel to ATA-33 if a slave drive is detected to avoid problems. On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 05:46 PM, Ron Steinberg wrote: > I've just gone through 3 weeks of trying to get Apple to admit that > there is > a problem with the Rev. 1 IDE controller chips. No go, they just said > that > it works with the drives that originally came with the machines, which > means > up to 12G. Now off the record, I was told that the big problem was when > trying to do a master/slave thing, NOT upgrading to a larger drive. > I've got > a Rev. 1 box, I'm going to try a WD 80G drive in it, if it doesn't work > well, I'll stick the drive in a FW case rather than buy a controller > card. > That way the drive is portable, and I don't loose anything when > selling to > old machine (I'll keep the 80G). -- 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:[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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
