On Apr 2, 2009, at 5:47 AM, Nesta wrote:
> > On Apr 2, 2009, at 6:41 AM, mythmaker18 wrote: > >> before I knew that B&W G3s can actually damage the >> systems on hard drives if they're not done in a certain way > > Really, I did not know this....does anyone else? Mounting slave drives on the internal IDE port on first-gen B&W systems can barf the directories, because there's a flaw on the IDE controller. This is why they came with single-height disk carriers and single-drive cables. People erroneously assume it was "Apple being cheap/controlling/Steve Jobs threw a tantrum/etc" and try to connect two drives to the IDE controller. Then the second drive is continuously and mysteriously corrupted. It cannot physically damage a drive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
