>Well moving on..., I learned today that the new 4 gb drive I have been >trying to get loaded in my 5300cs is an EIDE drive and not an AT/IDE drive. > >So I guess the big question now is, has anybody gotten one of these to work? >Will they work if formatted on another newer powerbook? > >Boy and if it turns out the EIDE doesn't work on my machine and someone says >something to the effect that I better not risk it and well, you know ..., >then I'm going to have myself one heck of a long laugh. :) > >Dave >
Dave I just put a 10gig IBM into my little sisters 5300cs and it exhibited the exact same symptoms that you described. Turns out the drive had been jumpered to the slave position. Once the drive was set to Master Disk Setup had no trouble initializing it. Aloha, Ken -- 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
