>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:30:41 -0800 From: Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Subject: Grief and Trauma
>As I mentioned in previous letter here, I went/am going through the same process - from a 4200DT (with Newertech G3/350 card) to a G4 Sawtooth. I immediately joined the Sawtooth digest for the same helpful information I've gotten from the StarMax Digest and recommend you do the same. >I would like to hear your experience of transferring your 80GB hard disk - my StarMax startup hard disk transfer to the G4 wasn't recognized and I went through computer hell to get it to be. Maybe the problem was that mine was attached to an ultra speed ATA133/100 controller with an 80 strand connector in the StarMax and I tried to attach it on the 40 strand already in the G4. When I finally transferred the controller and cable also, my old startup disk got recognized immediately, but not as a possible startup disk so I had to transfer all information off of it, initialize and reinstall everything. I now have my old startup disk installed in the G4 and is working like a champ. I'd like to know what you did/had to make your hard disk transfer go smoothly as I assume it did? >By the way, the StarMax is still chugging along beautifully and isn't really that far behind the G4 in it's abilities - a really great machine and I still love it. >I had to buy a USB keyboard on ebay, had a USB mouse and printer already, just purchased a router on ebay so the G4 and StarMax can be on line at the same time and am waiting for my latest ebay purchase, a SCSI PCI board and then I will be fully back in business. >Good luck. Bill > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Grief and Trauma >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 0:58:01 -0500 > > >Well, my StarMax 4000/200 finally died. I went to the local used computer stored to look at the >G3's and ended up with a G4 tower instead. Then after the surgical transplant of my 80 gig HD and my >CD-RW from the old machine to the new . . . . > Bill I'd sure be interested in knowing how to find and join the Sawtooth digest you mentioned. as far as my harddrive installation went, not much problem. just a matter of terminal connectors on the back regarding slave / master settings. The drive that comes with the G4 is already set to master and my drive from the starmax was also set to master. so I chose one or the other and changed it to slave. I didn't think it mattered which was which because with a system on each I could boot from either through Startup Disk control panel. I think it only matters to the machine because the cable can only hold two devises and one has to be a master and the other a slave. It doesn't care which is which, as far as I know, as long as one is slave and one is master. I sure do love my old Starmax. I wish I didn't have to let it go. I don't think replacing the Pram chip is easy and I don't know where to go to fix it. I could buy another old starmax for the motherboard and move onto it, but now I think I've promised a few of you list members some of the parts of the old machine. that's the way it goes, i guess. -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
