B&W G3 drive problems

[Michael George]

On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 08:10  AM, mamonbbux wrote:
> Michael George a =E9crit :
>> Where do I find an indication which revision board I have.
>
> on this page:
> http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/newfeatures.html
>>  The revised CMD646 IDE controller chip can be identified by the=20
>> "402" marking next to the part number.
>>  The IDE controller chip is near the rear of the PCI Slots as shown=20=

>> below:
> (see the url for the "shown below", with this image no problem to find=20=

> your G3's controller chip)
>
> you may have a sight also at this page:
> http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/IDE/
>> Data corruption can occur with any drive (master or slave) with the=20=

>> rev 1's IDE chip. (The Rev 2 Blue and White G3 has a revised chip as=20=

>> shown on our "Rev 2 features" page. If you have a rev 1 B&W G3, the=20=

>> safest thing is to buy a PCI IDE controller card when considering=20
>> adding/replacing the original drive with a modern, larger >> =
model...etc.

Thank you very much for these links!  I see from them that this system=20=

is the Rev1 (this explains why the IDE cable has only 1 connector) and=20=

there is no point in trying to put 2 drives on it.  Solves a mystery=20
about an old G3 running OSX at work, too...

-Michael