> Hello list, This is my first post, and of course it is because I have a
> problem. I have a PB 180 and would like to get a Maxtor IDE diamond max
> HD (40 Gig) t o work in it. I have heard it is possible, but......
>
> when I first put it in Nothing happened (set too master, old IDE drive
> removed) and the system would not even boot from the system 7.6 disk I
> still have. So I put it in my G4 to use apple drive set up, then back
> in the PB and was able to boot from the disk, and also use HD toolkit
> that came with the PB 180 to initialize the disk (it made 4 2 gig units
> out of it ?? not quite 40 gigs. I then added system software, and guess
> what? Nothing, and I am unable to boot from the CD again.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> Thanx
>
> Soren
I also had a heck of a time when I tried (and finally succeeded) to install
a Maxtor 40 Gig IDE HD on my friend's PB 200. It turns out there are 2
THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO or nothing will work. First, you must update the SCSI
Manager. There is an application called SCSI manager Update (If you can't
find this online, I can send it to you if you contact me offline. However,
it is 1 Meg so it would be better to download it from someplace.) The reason
no device will boot is because the latest SCSI Manager must be on your
alternate boot device (CD, ZIP, etc.) if Mac OS doesn't find it on your boot
IDE drive. Second, both PB 180 and PB 200 require the 6360/6400/5400 Update
(this should be readily available on Apple's web site) or your computer will
boot to a gray screen (at least this will happen for sure when a UMAX
scanner is attached). One more less critical tidbit I found is that if you
use SilverLining LT, you must update to ver 2.2.2, not 2.2.1 or earlier.
Bud Simrin
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