I could use a bit of guidance here from some compassionate pb user. I've installed this 4 gb ide drive in place of the 500 mb one. Problem is, I can't get anything to see it. Right now I'm booted off 8.1 on an external scsi cd/rom. Tried 8.5 too with same results.
So the 8.5 and 8.1 cd's boot fine and I've thrown every mounting software in my arsenal at it and nothing sees this new 'un-formatted' hard drive. (Actually I guess it might be pre-formatted for peecee.) Anyway, I tried various Drive Set ups, APS Mounter, SCSI Probe, Norton, FWB Mounter, Mt. Everything, and a few others I don't recall at the moment. After all this, I'm guessing the drive jumper pins aren't correct. (There's only four pins) The drive is a 'Simple Technology' Toshiba 400 Series . It's speed is not certain yet. Doesn't say on drive unless it's a 9600 as inferred by some of the #'s. If so, maybe too fast? STT-400HD/4GB Removable Hard Drive Drive Config: Cylinders - 8944, Heads-15, Sectors 63, WP-0, LZ-0 96000-00004-012 J049573 One thing that may be relevant is that I followed the same 'outside two' jumper pin selection as was on the original Apple drive. Do I instead want to leave it w/o any jumper pins? Thoughts? Ideas? Is there an internal CUDA reset Switch hidden somewhere on these books that I need to push? I've zapped pram & tried starting w/ extensions off too. Nothing. Is there a method for initializing new ide drives that I need to know about? Or do I need to find someone with another pb to format it from there? Thanks Dave 5300cs, 24 mb ram -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com