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All the best Michael Bill Taylor's wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I want to thank everyone who responded to my 'desperate plea' for > help in answering my questions about upgrading the hard drive in my > trusty old Starmax 3000/160. > > Prior to your responses, it was real 'nail biter' trying to determine > if this machine would address all 120 GB on this new drive. > > It was great thrill to discover that this upgrade went without a > hitch - 'as easy as pie.' > > The only problem I had, that was easily solved, was to remove the > jumper on the back of the drive itself, so that the machine would > properly recognize the drive. The default setting for this drive, a > Western Digital 'Cavier' drive - but with only a 2 MB buffer not the > 8 MB version, was such that the jumper was set to 'cs' or cable > select. I simply had to remove the jumper, reboot, and everything > was fine. > > I used the standard and original IDE ribbon cable, without having to > resort to another perhaps more expensive one. > > Give how easy this upgrade was, and the fact that I've some free > space beneath the CD drive [in the Desktop case version of this > machine] I'm wondering if anyone knows if the IDE controller can > accommodate a second hard drive? > > On the other hand, and now that I think of it, I guess this isn't > possible as I've already reached the 120 GB limit of the IDE > controller. I suspect that I might be able to add a second drive, > had I originally installed a smaller drive with the jumpers set as > 'master' and 'slave'. > > Then again, I suppose I could install another IDE controller card, in > one of the PCI slots that would allow me to install a second IDE > drive? > > Does anyone know of such a card [PCI based] that a Starmax or older > Mac G3 will recognize? > > I know these cards exist in the 'Windows' world, but am not aware of > any that will work on Mac platforms. > > Again, many thanks for all your help. > > Cheers, > > Bill > -- > > web site: http://www3.sympatico.ca/metacog > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ---------------------------------------------- > Bill Taylor, > Ottawa, Ontario, > CANADA > > -- > StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
