A couple of questions re. a used iMac DV 400 my wife just picked up. 1) we had a never used Microtech USB-SCSI adapter lying around that, on a whim, used to connect a Waitec 8x24x CD-R and an external SCSI Zip to the iMac (using the latest Microtech drivers, from 2001 IIRC), on the OS 9.1 partition.
I was happily surprised to find that the two peripherals were recognized correctly under Apple System Profiler, that Toast 5.1.3 recognized the Waitec CD-R (and burned at 4x, which is the max. for USB). I say "surprised" because I'd read several online reports that the Microtech didn't work right, didn't work well with ZIP drives, etc. But it seems to work just fine. My question: can you hot-swap SCSI peripherals using the Microtech (i.e., as in USB devices), or do you risk the usual problems associated with hot-swapping SCSI devices (e.g. frying the logic board! etc.)? 2) said used iMac often emits a low, refrigerator-like hum when active (i.e. not in Sleep). Is this a sign of impending HD or other trouble? If HD, swapping in a new drive doesn't look too hard, and we're thinking of getting a bigger HD anyway. e.g. 40GB ATA/133 7200rpm Maxtor (any recommendations?) Or could the hum be something more serious? (as in power supply or logic board related?) Thanks for any help. Chris -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
