Grayson Williams wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Power Mac 7600/200 with an IDE hard drive and a Promax > TurboMax/ATA-33 AEC-6210 ATA-33 controller. When I boot up off the OS 8.5 CD, > or try to use Apple Software Restore (or pretty much any disk-related > activity that's not simply booting off the hard drive), the progress meter > will freeze at some point and refuse to move. Also, if I try to launch some > applications, the system will do the same thing with the hourglass cursor. I > can still move the mouse, but anything disk-related is fubar, and I have to > Ctrl-Command-Power the thing. I've tried it with several different drives, > including a brand-new IBM (NOT the 75GXP), and have tried swapping the IDE > cables several times. Any ideas?
Have you tried updating the firmware of the card? Because the firmware of that card was very buggy in the beginning. Also everytime you connect a HD to the ATA controller card you have to format it again. -- Marc van Gemert | MacSonar Support Team http://www.macsonar.net | http://www.macdesk.net ------------------------------------------------- "Computer games don't affect kids. If Pacman affected our generation, we'd be all be running around in darkened rooms munching pills and listening to repetitive music." -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
