Hello Dan, My responses are embedded within the following:
On 4/1/10 8:54 AM, "Deiniol ap Deiniol" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi LISTERS, > WELL Thanks for all helpful suggestions so far > HD is a 40GB Seagate ST340014A, presumably the original. At present > there is no jumper on the back so I assume that's running as Cable > Select? No, most likely "no jumper" means your main HD is running as Master in a single-HD mode (no slave present) > > I know about jumpering HD's from my days on the Dark Side, but since > most of my Macs are all-in-ones, I've always used external FW drives > and USB memory sticks, so I'm not yet up to speed on the Mac way. Since the days when Apple went to IDE (from SCSI), jumping HDs whether PC or Mac is the same - you are probably in more familiar territory than you may think :-) > > If I wanted to add another HD would I have to jumper them as Master > and slave or would leaving them as cable select work? In my experience, this depends on the unit's (firmware) "anticipation" I have two QS units in the house, one is jumpered as CS (cable select) and one is Master/Slave. I tried M/S on the CS unit; didn't work, CS did - trial and error. However, two MDD units at school was CS, and I took my cue from the OEM drive still in there. Earlier G4s: all I saw were M-S configurations. > > I"ve got a brand new 40GB drive that was destined for one of the > iMacs, so I may as well > clone the working system over to that - however the QS is still being > a bit pernickety! Whatever configuration you are currently settled on (M/S or CS), try the opposite. Incidentally, this may have been mentioned before, but in both arrangements, the target "Master" drive needs to be at the end of the cable (not the middle socket) > > It has been running fine and not powering down, and seemed to have > settled..... > > Keep those helpful thought coming in people! > > Regards, Dan. HTH. The g3/g5 list is indeed a very helpful (and might I add encouraging) place! Regards, Dana -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
