Hi Victoria, I have a B&W Rev. 1, I got on eBay a while back and I just love it.
Bruce has a XLR8 G4-450 cpu upgrade and 1 GB ram. Right now, I have a Maxtor 60GB hard drive set up in 2-30 GB partitions, one with OS 9.2.2 and one with X 10.3.8. This is running from the internal IDE controller. For a while I had a Hitachi 120 GB drive in addition to the Maxtor and it appeared to work just fine till the 120 died. I thought it might be the data corruption problem at first, but the replacement drive provided by Hitachi failed in the first month. I think the problem was more an issue of crummy drives than the Rev. 1 IDE controller.(!?) I experimented with internal CD/DVD burners and didn't have any success. I gave up on the internal and put in an Iogear USB 2.0 PCI card and use an Iomega external burner. Printing is done across the network with a D-Link print server. HTH, Amanda > -----Original Message----- > From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victoria > Brandon > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:37 AM > To: G-List > Subject: [G] B&W upgrade problems > > Hi listers -- > > I bought a B&W a while back and after considerable delays and annoyances > have got it up and running OS 9.2.2 -- it's a big improvement over my old > 7600 but all the same I want to do some upgrades and am at the moment > stymied. > > (a) yesterday I replaced the CDROM with a Sony CRX155E burner. > Installation > was no problem, and it shows up in the System Profiler, but it doesn't > work: > the tray won't even open. I reseated all the plugs which seem good and > solid, then spent the past half hour googling around for a driver update > with no success. According to ASP it's running driver version 1.4.8, with > "Apple disc burning: supported". What now? > > (b) It's got a Quantum 6GB IDE HD, and yesterday while installing the CD > burner I tried to figure out to install a second HD, specifically a > Western > Digital 10GB that I got from the swap list but that came without any > cables. > Plainly to do this it's first going to be necessary to get a dual drive > IDE > cable, but there has been so much talk about data corruption in this > system > (this machine turns out to be a Rev 1, alas) that I'm wondering if it's > even > worth trying: maybe it would be better simply to replace the existing 6GB > with the 10GB? The idea is to move into OSX. > > Any advice much appreciated. > > Best, > Victoria -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
