On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:44 PM, PeterH wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:49 AM, insightinmind wrote: > >> Funny ... the top of the Seagate drives say use Cable Select for its >> Ultra ATA drive ... but one of Apple's docs says Cable Select won't >> work for Ultra ATAs in the Quicksilver 2002 and other G4s ... and to >> not use the Apple supplied cable ... > > The Apple cables from the B&W on are 80-wire/40-pin, and are > configured for Cable Select so that the H-P/Compaq patented method of > interrogating the drives may be used during startup. Just for the main hard drive connection: So it is NOT ok to use the UltraATA cable (Space Shuttle-D, Cd & Pb Free, 80wire/40pin) supplied in a Retail Box Kit along with a Seagate UltraATA drive as the cable off the Apple mobo, because of a HP/ Compaq patented method of interrogating the drive at Startup, in my Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz? I need to put back the short one with the slit (hence Cable Select cable), and set my Seagate to Master, because ... This article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1815 says my Mac doesn't work with Ultra ATA drives set to Cable Select mode. This should remedy the situation as long as the Apple cable (Apple P/ N 590-2253 REV A) isn't damaged? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
