Nathan wrote: > > Okay Listers, > > I've read extensivily on xl8r, and asked a few questions on the list > regarding my OEM LTR-40125S CDRW Drive. > So far the only way I can get the system to boot is to set the drive a > master and boot from a cd. If I don't have a cd in the drive the system > hangs on startup with just the grey screen and frozen mouse pointer.. > I've tried setting my main hd (Quatum Fireball) as the only master and > the CDRW and second harddrive (WD) to slaves.. No dice.. I kept the same hd > as master and set the other two to cable select.. Still nothing.. > I've even put both hd's on one bus and the cdrw by it's self on the > other to no avail.. I've looked on the internet for the elusive firmware > update and have not yet been able to find it.. I'm about ready to give up on > this dang thing! Any suggestion? > > TIA, > > -- > Nathan Templeton > G3/300, 8600/300, 7200/120, 6400/180 > OS 7.1 -10.1, Win 3.1 - XP, SuSE, YDL, Mandrake, MKLinux, Debian > Hotel - Tango - Hotel >
Nathan, is the G3 a beige or rev 1 or 2 board with a faster cpu? the early boards did not support 2 drives on internal chain. there was a discussion on one of the lists recently, i'll see if i can find it. charles lenington (still writing to you from the past) oklahoma city -- 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
