lewiscounty wrote: > Hi > I bought an IBM 6.4 GB HDD to install in my 5300cs 64 MB ram running OS8.6. > We opened it up, installed the drive, with no problem. The problem came when > we tried to start up. Started off the OS 8.6 CD with no problem, but the > drive set up couldn't find the drive. Finally gave up and put the old 500 MB > drive back in. It works like it is supposed to. There is nothing wrong with > the IBM, we put in in a Toshiba PC laptop and it formatted and is running > like it is supposed to, just in the wrong machine. Any help would be > appreciated.
Make sure the master/slave jumpers are set correctly. IIRC they need to be set to 'Master' to work, or perhaps 'Cable Select'. I thought Apple's drive setup was supposed to recognize *any* IDE drive...it has, at least, been my experience. This is borne out by the Drive Setup Patch Guide: http://www.macfaq.de/macfaqdaten/minifaqs/dspg.html (which I just succesfully used to get DS to recognize a Seagate SCSI drive that had been rom-ed as a Compaq drive.) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
