>Revision 1 motherboards with revision 1 ROM cards do not support slave >drives on either IDE bus 0 or IDE bus 1. You can connect them but you >may very likely have drive corruption issues, this is well documented. >Rev. 1 blue and white G3s had the same issue.
A Rev. 1 ROM in a Rev. C mobo does not have any problems at all. Therefore the drive corruption issue, if it is indeed an issue, is most likely associated with the Rev. A mobo, not the Rev. 1 ROM. Note that valid (factory) combinations of mobos and ROMs are: Rev. 1A, Rev. 2B, and Rev. 3C. Note also that functional (user implemented) combinations include (but are not necessarily limited to) Rev. 1B, Rev. 1C, and Rev. 3A. Rev. 2 mobos (with Rev. B ROMs) are almost exclusively asociated with late 266 MHz DTs, not with MTs. 300 MHz and faster were, in my experience, always Rev. 3 mobos. And, there were no 300 MHz DTs, due to inadequate cooling inherent in the DT case design. Change out that 45 CFM fan in your DT for a 65 CFM fan (available from Digi-Key and others) and the cooling problem is somewhat alleviated. >Putting several hard drives in a Beige G3 Desktop case is a huge pain, >it can be done but its not really pretty, I currently run a CDRW and >three IDE hard drives in my DT G3, it works, but due to the cabling >issue you generally end up pulling the floppy drive and putting a hard >drive there, some people may not care for that. Special cables are required for a squeaky-clean, reliable installation. Contact me off-List for custom made DT and MT cables, which support two HDs on Bus 0, if interested. Designed and tested at UATA/33 (33 MB/sec), but employed at 16.67 MB/sec in a DT/MT, as that is a limitation of the Beige mobo. >Beige G3s have EIDE not ATA. The two standards are compatible but EIDE >transfers at only 17Mps while ATA transfers at 33/66/100/133 depending >on its version. True, but the upward/downward compatibility is good. The supplied CD-ROMs and ZIPs are indeed EIDE. The supplied HDs are ATA. The Beige's Bus 0 and Bus 1 are identical (unlike its successor machines, where the Bus 0 was ATA while the Bus 1 was EIDE). No problem with UATA/33, UATA/66, UATA/100 or UATA/133 drives on a Beige, although a Beige only supports 32-bit LBA, so you will be limited to 137 GB (120 GB, for all practical purposes). >It is my understanding that DVD decoding is iffy on these systems under >Mac OS X, I honestly know nothing about it, but if its an interest of >yours, you should look into it first a bit. Works imprefectly or perfectly, as a function of processor speed. 350 MHz is about the minimum, but 300 MHz may be fine for some movies. (I have gotten it to work on a 7300/200 ... yes, a 200 MHz 604e processor ... but it is not pretty ... 300 to 350 MHz on a 7300 is fine). 533 MHz is just about as perfect as it gets. A Radeon 7000 (Mac Edition, or a PC Edition which has been FLASHed) is required unless you have the "unobtabium" DVD decoder transition card. The above on OS 9.1 or 9.2.1. -- 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
