On 6/15/02 11:03 PM, "Vern Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
God bless all of you with your ancient Macs... Guys, rather than trying to keep these dinosaurs alive and productive, why not just save a few dollars and get a beige G3 or a B&W G3? They use IDE drives! They have modern processors! They run OS 9 and OS X without having to hack! Here are some links to some for sale right now: <http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate.cgi?p=C-U52708> <http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate.cgi?p=C-U52900-1> <http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate.cgi?p=C-U52781> <http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate.cgi?p=C-U52578> These are all around $500 (the Blue and White is $599) but I've seen them cheaper on ebay and you can even get them on Lowendmac's swaplist! End your frustration...upgrade! Tim > > Finally got back online !! Thought that I would never see the light of > cyberland again !! > > After many hours of backing up, reformatted the 6GB IDE drive, as someone > suggested > (low-level). Then installed OS 8.5, updated to OS 8.6, as a test. Booted > fine. Got rid of > OS 8.6, and put OS 9.1 on instead, and that's when problems began !!! > > Many, many error messages asking to insert IDE drive, which is strange, > because it was > already connected ! Was the machine wanting OS 8.6 back ? Found out that I > could use > "Command - Period" to get back to the Desktop, sometimes, but many times that > did not > work even. > > After much frustration, and fiddling around, finally got the machine to boot > from the 6GB > IDE drive with OS 9.1, but still not without major problems. Many crashes, > freezing, > blank screen (grayish-white), no happy face, but did hear the "Good Startup > Note." > Restarted, restarted, restarted, etc. OS 9.1 CD would not boot. Finally, > gave up. Came > back and the machine booted ! Sometimes from OS 8.6, sometimes from OS 9.1. > Choosing the startup drive did not seem to help at all. > > Tried disconnecting either IDE drive, finally was able to see all three > internal drives, and > transfer files some more, and format IDE 40GB drive. Haven't installed a > System on the > 40GB yet. Wondering if that will conflict with the other Systems on the 1GB > SCSI (OS > 8.6) and the 6GB (OS 9.1) ? > > Obviously, my 7300 is up and running, as I am online, and typing this message. > All of my > files seem to be intact, and accessible. External USB HD is working . . . . > Knock on > wood !! > > The SIIG technician warned me that I may experience "Wierd things," with this > ATA card > !! Is this normal, or did I mess something up ? I only did a Low-Level > format on both > 6GB and 40GB IDE HDs. > > Is there anything else that I can do to insure a stable environment ? I still > have not yet run > Norton, TechTool Pro, or Disk Warrior. > > -- va > > Leon Sargent wrote: > > So Vern. > >> From all the info I have been reading about blessed system folders and low > level formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS. Has any of this worked > for you with the SIIG Card and booting off the internal IDE drives? > > Lee > > -- -- America--It's not illegal to be stupid here. -- 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> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
