>I've read but never had a need to verify you can replace the internal cable >with another to support 2 drives.
I have physically done it in a Rev A iMac. My CD ROM drive was dead, so I replaced the hard drive's cable with a two device IDE cable, set the hard drive as Master, and connected an IDE CD ROM drive set as slave. It worked just fine, although I was not able to boot from the CD ROM (but it did read from it just fine). Granted, I never attempted to fit all this into the case, I was using it just for diagnostics, so my iMac was well taken apart when used like this. But it did work just fine with two devices in a Master/Slave configuration on the hard drive's IDE bus. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
