Hi Deb, The data corruption problem, with 2 drives, is a concern for the Rev. 1 and =can= be a problem with a single drive. That said, I did run two drives on the internal controller for a while without problem. Then, I had two drives fail within 3 months of each other. I thought it might be the Rev. 1 problem, but the drives turned out to be physically defective... After much bitching, I got a 250 GB from Hitachi and (alas) Bruce couldn't see the whole thing, so it is residing in one of my peecee boxes. This isn't a =bad= thing since Bruce can share the drive across the network. ANYhow... I have a spare 40 GB drive and will try putting this in the B&W in the near future. Yeah... just tempting fate here! ;)
FWIW, I read of someone putting a hard drive in the zip drive bay, but I can't recall what problems they might have had in doing so. Amanda - On the Left Coast > Hi Victoria - I have the same Blue & White as you do Rev 1, which I > believe > is a bit of a "lemon" albeit still quite nice. Have you fooled around with > the jumpers on the back, you know master/slave things? The Blue & White is > real touchy about a LOT Of things I am learning. Also, you did a pure > replacement of the original CD drive, right? And you can't put anything > but > an internal zip on the other cable just below the CD drive. And you can't > put another drive on the same cable as the original hard drive, that's > where > the corruption comes into play. Your best bet is to get a PCI IDE card (I > finally gave up and got one from macsales for a premium price, but well > worth it!) even then the Blue & White is grumpy about stuff. Like which > slots you put the damn PCI cards in! > > We have another lady here who also has a Blue & White just like us, maybe > she'll chime in. And of course we want to hear from the Mac Genii! > > My current problem is every time I start up from complete shut down, I get > a > screen with vertical stripes all across it. A real puzzler. But no one > here > has figured it out yet, as have I. One of these days....!!! > > I am running OS 9 (booted into 9 not classic) most of the time, and have X > (Jaguar) on it with a Sonnet 800 mhz upgrade card, I couldn't install OS X > at ALL without it. So you're looking at dropping another couple of hundred > into the Blue & White, but honestly I love the little bugger, even with > all > of its faults. > > Max the RAM as much as you can, too. It's cheap, at Macsales 256 MB is > $25.00. I think OS X will run better and faster if I maxxed it out to 1 GB > (that's 4 256 sticks). > > I still can't boot into classic from X tho. Gets stuck at the very end > (and > takes hours to get there!). > > I'm sure the listers must be getting sick of me asking questions, but > honestly they are the nicest bunch of genii you could ever want to email! > > Deb in Rhode Island -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
