Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Charles Lenington
Bill Connelly wrote: >>> On Aug 1, 2:24 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: >>> > > > Not enough power to run it off the internal power supply? (does a > 750GB take more power than a 500GB Seagate?) > > Try using drive power extensions (probably easier to find splitters) and a pc (AT best b

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:15 PM -0400 8/6/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: On Aug 1, 2:24 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > In my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.7, my "750GB Seagate PATA is > Dropping Out Again". >> >> Well it dropped out again. After moving it back from an

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Chance Reecher
No, if the drive works fine outside the QS, it is definitely not the drive. It most likely is the ATA bus inside your QS, very likely since you mentioned having problems with cable select. There's a SLIGHT chance it could be power problems, but that's not very likely. Try another drive inside the

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2009-08-07 Thread bkprolix
a reiend recently offered me a 280 gig drive for my sawtooth 400... will I be able to partition this into 2 100 gig & 1 80 gig to make it usable? or will I have to buy something else to use it internally... Instalation in an external firewire case is also an option... --~--~-~--~~

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 7, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Chance Reecher wrote: > > No, if the drive works fine outside the QS, it is definitely not the > drive. It most likely is the ATA bus inside your QS, very likely since > you mentioned having problems with cable select. There's a SLIGHT > chance it could be power prob

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 7, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Dan wrote: >> >> How 'bout internal temp? Could the drive be that much hotter etc? > > I have the drive mounted on the top level of the double layer sled. > Sits directly under the fan. Think this is the coolest posi

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Chance Reecher
There is no difference between the cables coming out of your power supply. They all connect at the same place inside it. >> Currently trying the double ended power cable setup ... so far no drop >> out ... but ... > > Is there any difference between the single plug power cable coming out > of th

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Dan
At 10:20 AM -0400 8/7/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: >On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:15 PM -0400 8/6/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: > On Aug 1, 2:24 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: >> In my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.7, my "750GB Seagate PATA is >> Dropping Out Again". >>> >>

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:20 AM -0400 8/7/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: >> On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:46 AM, Dan wrote: >>> At 10:15 PM -0400 8/6/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: >> On Aug 1, 2:24 pm, Bill Connelly >> wrote: >>> In my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.7, my "75

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Dan
At 2:52 PM -0400 8/7/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: > >> I had started Spotlight again, since I had turned it off to simplify >>> things, but I was getting a message like: >>> Aug 7 10:00:18 Moonstone-Art-Studio /Applications/Utilities/ >>> Console.app/Contents/MacOS/Console[285]: installAutoFSMo

a FW box with a HDD, and a DVD ROM/RW?

2009-08-07 Thread Mullin9
Do anyone make FireWire Enclosure that holds a HDD, and a DVD ROM/RW http://www.addonics.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 particul

Re: a FW box with a HDD, and a DVD ROM/RW?

2009-08-07 Thread John Martz
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Mullin9 wrote: > Do anyone make FireWire Enclosure that holds > a HDD, and a DVD ROM/RW I'm not clear on what you are asking. Did you mean an enclosure that holds both a HDD and a DVD burner simultaneously? If so, no, I've never heard of anything like that. Other t

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 7, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Dan wrote: > > Is everything equal between the two drives - same exact buffering and > raw performance? Could be that the newer drive is just able to push > data faster, causing the marginal cable to fail. Everything is the same between the 2 Seagate 7200.10 PATA dri

Should I upgrade to 10.5.8 on a G4 933 Quicksilver that already has 10.5.7 on it?

2009-08-07 Thread ll
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iBook G3/700 & Ubuntu experiment

2009-08-07 Thread Arnel Tuazon
Well I thought I'd give my old iBook G3 some new life by installing Jaunty Jackalope as I kept hearing about Ubuntu and how great it is. All I can say is if you're a regular Joe computer user, Linux is still not for you IMHO. I don't understand how an OS (Linux) after all these years and with all

How to get new wan card to work on G3 BW

2009-08-07 Thread dadofpscag
Purchased from tigerdirect a Sabrent wireless-G pci card. I do not understand how to get it to work. What or where are the instructions to get it to work? All I see on the internet for this type of card is to plug and play. Shouldn't I at least see it as a piece of hardware somewhere? --~--~--

Re: Mail directory "broken"? PBG4 10.5.7

2009-08-07 Thread Nestamicky
On 8/6/09 12:18 PM, Dan wrote: > Many people like Thunderbird And I'm one of those people who even think T-bird beta is better than mail.app. Try it! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for th