Quote: Originally posted by lapinos: I have 2 additional pieces of info regarding your reply: My dual HD configuration works only in X. The only time I booted in 9 it er…

Quote: Originally posted by bowwowman: Did you install the OS 9 drivers on both HD's ? If not, that is why it won't work as dual boot. I have OS 9 on 2 drives, and OS X…

The rev. 1 B&W G3 had an IDE controller chip that could only support 1 hard drive (and ATA/33 drives at that). In fact, the short IDE cable attached to the drive has only one c…

I had two 120GB Seagate Barracudas in my Revision 2 B&W using it's onboard IDE. Never gave me a problem. I'd still recommend a PCI ATA/100 or 133 controller nonetheless. The …

So is the sonnet pci ata card the best one? Are there any OS X compatibility issues? lw

Unless you are doing video work, (and if you are still using a G3, I'm guessing no) a ATA/66 card will do you fine. You can get them much cheaper then ATA/100 or ATA/133 cards as …

I have a B&W G3 and am thinking about upgrading the drives in a similar manner. However, I am a little unclear on the PCI cards. All of the boxed PCI ATA controllers I see in…

You have to buy one that is specifically made for Macs. If the box has no mention of Mac compatability, then move on. The only way to really get PCI ATA controllers for Macs is on…

That makes it fairly easy.... I'll take a look at that page. Thanks!

I had this issue a couple of years ago and got good advice on this board. I kept my original 6GB hard drive (I use it just for Classic now), and added two Seagate 80 GB ATA drives,…

I recently set up a Rev 1 300MHz B&W as a server and found this discussion very helpful. After getting through the video issues (see http://archive.mac-mgrs.org/archive/...0102…

I spoke just a little too soon. It turns out that the 60GB drive I mentioned above refused to work even on the same bus as the CD. It was only recognized as a 30GB drive. However, …

Sounds to me that the drive was mistakenly jumpered for "limit to 37GB". The IDE bus for the optical and zip certainly does support up to 128GB drives. I highly, highly advise yo…

- Can anyoone confirm having problems with a HD connected to the expansion bay ATA bus on a RevA BB G3? - Can such a problem be detected with software like TechTools or disk Utilit…

Yes it has been confirmed by many many users on the xlr8yourmac database reports. But this problem only exists on the Rev 1 B&W's. It doesn't matter what drive it is, if it is…

And it's not just if the drive is a second drive on the ATA/33 channel -- basically ANY non-factory drive WILL suffer data corruption. I have NOT heard of problems with drives on …

Ok, this is kind of embarassing, but I had my computer, in my backback with a computer sleeve, fall off of a 4 foot high table, onto the floor. I thought it got through the episod…

Lately, something seems slow about my pismo. On SNES9X it gets lower performance than my rev. C iMac, and video files, .avi files in particular have had horrible performance, dropp…

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RAM.

Quote: Originally posted by PowerMacMan: RAM. I realize that adding ram would help, but from what ive been told 320 mb should be plenty for just running one or two…

I run a 400 pismo with 320mb RAM and have never felt that my system suffered from a lack of RAM. I can't speak to the RAM requirements of SNES emulation, but my initial thoughts ar…

alternatively, I have also experienced dramatic slow downs on my Pismo by allowing the drive to fill up. My perception is that with less than 1 GB free on teh hard drive, Panther …

Quote: Originally posted by rjc3: alternatively, I have also experienced dramatic slow downs on my Pismo by allowing the drive to fill up. My perception is that with le…

Disk Warrior can also help with speed problems associated with suboptimal directories. This can happen even with a half empty HD -- scattered files really hurt the OS. I know with…