I've had a lot more connected to a G4 than a couple of drives and a
9800. My guess is that your power supply is getting marginal. After 12
years likely the capacitors in the power supply have started going.
You could recap the power supply or do an atx conversion. Another
option is to power some of the extra equipment from an external power
supply, though if your power supply is on the way out then that'd be a
short term solution
Thanks Wayne,
If I read you right, you think lowering the overall power demand
might help rather than just lowering the demand on the optic drive 2
SATA drives, And 9800 circuit.
I have the original OEM 30 gb drive plus a another 40 gb ATA drive
that I really don't need except for some older OS's,,, I'm guessing
the power demands on the 2 ATA must be at least the power drain of
one of the 2tb SATAs?
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