> Does the PATA/SATA adapter have a jumper to set Master/Slave? You could > be having Master/Slave issues.
The SATA to PATA (IDE) converter I have does, indeed, have a Master/Slave jumper, but, alas, no position which is explicitly Cable Select. The drives in B&W G3 and later machines support Cable Select, and this is the optimal choice for those machines. Alas, the Mini from the same generation DOES NOT support Cable Select ... the caddies are Master (the built-in hard drive, only) OR Slave (the optical drive caddy) ... however, those caddies intended to support a second HD in the place of the optical drive are Master and no jumper is provided for Slave. Installing the caddy, as shipped, into a Mini will result in failure to boot as a consequence of the presence of two Masters. Depending upon the version of hard drive caddy, either soldering a jumper will be required, or a special metric shunt (jumper) will be required. The shunts which were shipped with some 2.5" PATA (IDE) drives is usually the appropriate choice. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
