Tried using a SCSI cable from the G3 I have, which I know works, and nothing. Still doesn't recognize drives.
Any other thoughts? The actual drive that came with the CPU which I thought wasn't working, the 40MB one, DOES work, it works in the G3, except even the Classic won't recognize it, and that's the drive that came in it, stock. Ideas? Cheers. On Dec 16, 3:45 am, "Nico Vanden Eynde" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The Mac Classic does not need the internal battery to boot from a hard > drive, none of the Compacts Macs do except for the Color Classic. > > I'm not surprised that hard drives from a Powermac G3 don't work in a > Classic. Most likely you are trying 7200 rpm or faster drives that require a > lot of power to spin up and the PSU from the Classic isn't strong enough. > Also the newer SCSI drives often require a SCSI command to spin up and the > SCSI controller from the Classic doesn't send this. > However this can often be corrected by setting the "spin-up on power" jumper > on the hard drive. > > I don't know if there's Mac OS on the drives you tried from your PowerMac. > If there is: you need the 68K version for the Mac Classic where the G3 uses > the Powermac version of Mac Os so this will never work. > Drives without Apple Rom also need to be formatted with the patched Apple HD > SC setup or FWB for example for the Classic to recognize them. > > Start from scratch with a working hard drive in the Classic and install Mac > OS from with floppies or an external CD-Rom. > > Good Luck, > > Nico > > > > > > > > > > > I replaced the internal battery, nothing. > > > I acquired a PowerMac G3 beige tower with a floppy drive to try moving > > some drive utilities that way, it won't recognize the apps on the > > disks. It always says the app is busy or missing....not sure what that > > means. > > > Also, I've put each of the hard drives that I have (2 apple and 1 non > > apple) in my G3, and it recognizes them, the Classic won't recognize > > any of them. > > > One of them sounds like the needle isn't even activating and it's > > barely spinning. When it's in the G3, it sounds like it's a turbine > > jet. > > > Thoughts? > > > Cheers. -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
