On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 04:18:38PM -0400, Richard Starr wrote: > So a friend gave me a CDRW-DVD drive from an eMac that I thought I'd put > in my Beige MT (Rom C) instead of the floppy drive. I see that the ribbon > cable for the original CD drive has no second connector. Is it possible > to use a two connector ribbon cable and hang the second drive on it in > Master /Slave configuration.
It should work with that board. My beige G3 desktop was set up from the factory with a CD-ROM drive as secondary master and a Zip drive as secondary slave, so all you should need to do is replace the cable. Keep in mind that the onboard IDE controller can only deliver 16.67 MB/s. Burning a CD at 48x will need about half of that all by itself (I don't know what speed your drive delivers, but I swapped out the CD-ROM drive with a Memorex combo drive that burns CD-Rs at 48x). You might want to consider adding a PCI IDE controller if you run into trouble burning at high speeds. > In my parts drawer I see that I have one ribbon cable that fits and one > with a blanked out hole that doesn't fit the CD drive. Why are these > cables different? Is it 66 and 133 compatibility? I think the faster specs call for a missing pin on the connector so that an unshrouded connector on the motherboard can be keyed to connect only one way. Your cable probably has a plastic plug in one of the holes that can be carefully pried out with a razor blade. _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
