At 05:11 +1000 08/14/2002, Jerry Roberts wrote: >Howie, > >ROM is $77d.45F1 > >I'm told this is Revision 2. > >Anybody have any ideas on issues with jumpers, or how to pull this off, >configuring a PC-formatted drive as a slave to the Mac IDE?
Getting it on the bus properly is an IDE thing, not a PC or Mac thing. Whether it will be readable by the Mac OS is a PC/Mac thing. :-) You just need a three position cable (one for the motherboard, one for the master, one for the slave) which may already be installed in your Mac. I.e., if there's a space connector on your cable, you're good as far as the cable is concerned. Check your original drive to make sure it is set to master. Western Digital drives have a separate setting for Single, so if your current drive is a WD, you need to change it from Single to Master. Other brands use Master for both Master and Single, so they should not need changes, I think. Set your PC drive to Slave. Install the PC drive on the cable, and you're good to go. The settings for Single, Master and Slave are done by installing jumpers on the drive. Most drives will have a diagram printed on the drive itself telling you how to configure the jumpers for these settings. If your drive doesn't have a diagram, you'll need to look it up at the manufacturer's site to get the documentation. Another setting choice is CS or Cable Select. Don't worry about that one. You'll never use it. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
