> I run my office on a B&W G3 450mhz, 512mb RAM, rev 2 (IDE controller chip > ends in "402"), OS 9.2.2; 30GB maxtor on drive 0 (startup drive), and 20GB > drive on drive 1, another in the zip slot. > > I've tried just having a 2nd HD in the zip slot, and not using IDE1, but > get > freezes anyway. I've seen it reported that rev 2 machines don't have the > IDE > drive issues of the rev 1 machines, but I'm wondering if this is true.
The -402 chips are fixed. No IDE problems. The HD bus operates in UDMA/33 mode. The Optical bus operates in multiword-DMA mode. The Zip slot for HDs can give some problems, in rare cases. -- 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
