On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 09:33 PM, James S Jones wrote: > 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.
Whoever came up with that "theory" seems to have missed the fact that the IDE controllers in B&W machines are incapable of ATA-66 speeds at all. -- 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
