Try this site. I bought several from them ... but with a 9.95 drive, it takes a 10.00 adaptor.
"Surpluscomputers.com"�<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RHB > Hello, > Definitely sounds typical of hard drive failure. Whenever the > desktop is refreshed, it is cued off the hard drive, which sound like > its failing. Disk first aid is not going to rescue it. Tech Tool > Pro 3/4 or Norton Utilities may help some of it, but its best to > reformat or look for a new drive. Ebay will get you a nice 9/18G > SCSI for pretty cheap. Watch out for the correct type. Most seagate > drives will have an 'N' designation for 50 pin narrow. SCA (80 pin) > and 68pin drives are common and carry 'W/WC' markings. Other mfrs > use other annotation. You can use these drives of course with > adapters. Do you have any other drives that you could potentially > make a startup volume with to see if you have the same slowdown? Zip > or external drive? It would be preferable to actually disconnect the > drive power to the internal failing drive and then boot off the 9.1 > cd and see if the lag is still there as well. > > Greg > >>Fans, >> >>I've been powering up a Powerbase 180 recently - added a USB card, >>boosted the RAM to it's internal max of 160Mb using a pair of 128Mb >>DIMMs (as suggested by one of the PCL readers) and am now looking for a >>processor upgrade for a good price. Somewhere in there, I noticed the >>refresh rate for the Desktop graphics has slowed to an unbearable pace. >>I've reduced the number of icons on the desktop to the CPU, trash and >>one folder. When the graphics refresh is executed, the CPU icon shows, >>then the CPU name, then the Trash icon, then the Trash name, etc. Each >>of these steps takes approx 4 seconds to occur. I feel like I'm in a >>coma when I'm watching this. I've changed the Extensions settings to >>"9.1 Base", as well as all of them turned on, with no change. >> >>Also, during one of my shutdowns, I apparently did something improperly >>and the computer, on the next startup, ran Disk First Aid, responding >>with a dialog that indicated there was some "damage" it could not fix. >>I then booted off a OS9.1 CD, ran Disk First Aid, and DFA said it found >>some damage that it could not repair, and the red text indicated >>"Invalid PEOF, 274088, 2509" >> >>Any clues from anyone for either of these problems? I've done all the >>reading I can and still have no clue. Help!! Are there some websites >>that give clues to these error messages? >> >>Thanks >> >>Also looking for suggestions as to the spec for replacing the 1G HD >>with 10G to 20G unit. >> >>Mike Banks > > -- > Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> > --> 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]> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
