yo with a little help and hope you will get through this ...try a new longer IDE cable ...sometimes when you add two drives the idc cable is to too short ...i know not why! also try not mixing the drives themselves use like drives only
--- Eric Dannewitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been having similar issues with a Quicksilver > 2002. Try replacing > the battery. That seems to have fixed my problems so > far (going on day > two without shutdowns). > > Alan Camuto wrote: > > > I have a dual G4 450mhz Mac running OS9 with 1 > gig of Ram. I recently > >installed a Sonnet ATA 133 (bios 4.5) card with 2 > hard drives (1 80 gig > >Maxtor and 1 80 gig Seagate drive). Each device is > connected to the 2 IDE > >ports on the Sonnet card individually. Since > installing the Sonnet ATA card > >and the two new drives, I have been receiving > Random crashes and freezes > >with the computer. I've tried everything to try and > solve this problem, but > >the problem continues to persist. > > > > Every time I boot thyoe system up after a crash, > I notice that there is a > >rescued items folder in the trash with a lot of > cache and temp files from > >various program (Internet Explorer, Quark Express, > Entourage...) > >Since Noticing that the cache and temp files would > end up in the trash after > >a crash, I thought the problem was memory based, > and tried removing ram and > >replacing it to no avail. > > > > I've tried different bios on the Sonnet card to > no avail. I've Tried > >playing with the jumpers on the hard disk drives, > zapping the cuda switch, > >wiping my hard drives clean and installing a new > operating system, > >rebuilding the desktop, zapping the PRAM, changing > IDE cables... Nothing > >seems to work. I'm at a hopeless crossroads with > the machine now. I even > >removed the battery to reset the system. > > > > I was wondering if anyone on this list ever > heard of or experienced > >problems of a similar nature with a G4 and a Sonnet > card. Someone suggested > >upgrading to OSX to solve the problem, but since > this is a work computer, > >it's not available as an option to me. Does anyone > have any suggestions? > > > >-Alan the Hopeless G4 User > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 ===== have a great day... rick -- 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
