Thank you all for the suggestions. Unfortunately I don not have a power mac (nor easy access to one) to test the drives. I am in the process of moving as well, so I decided to jus…

Hey, I hate to burst your bubble, but you guys should know that the case of the disappearing drive, question marks, etc., can be traced back to simply not pushing the reset button …

Howard! Where were you when I needed you??? Anyway thank's for the tip...I will now know for the future what happened. I guess this was an $80 lesson in patience for me. But just…

The button in question is the famous CUDA button. It provides a master reset, including zapping pram. I don't know where this button is on an iBook. The CUDA button got prominent …

Having had an iBook all the way down to the bones, I certainly did not see a CUDA button (and I know what one looks like). I suppose the reset button just north of the regular powe…

Same here, when I stripped my iBook down to put a 12gig in, there was only the normal reset button. Drive worked fine.

Check out this link for the reset button. http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n58416

Another idea.... I recently installed a 18GB 9mm IBM drive in an iBook for a friend. I hit the same as you - wouldn't boot from cd. The reset button cleared that, but I still coul…

Not sure if this helps, but here is a link to Tech Manuals for all Apple Products. S

oops! Here it is: http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/manuals.html

Not directly hardware related, but it used to be. Now that the Open Firmware loads its settings from the MacOS ROM, is there any way to hack the ROM and disable the compatability …

You can get the Borg version of OS 8.6 to work if you didn't apply the 2.4 firmware update...Even if you did, Borg version of 8.6 will work to some extend...no clue 'bout FW hacks.…

Borg version?

8.6.1

Yes, I have applied the 2.4 firmware patch. In any event, where can I download the "Borg" version of 8.6?

You don't need the borg version anymore. any version of 8.6 that shipped with a slotless imac will also work with the G4 boxen. apple doesn't appear to want anyone to know this. …

Borg 8.6 is 8.6 with a ROM file that supports the iMacs or G4s. the ROM file actually differ in version with the iMac and G4s, for I own 2 iMacs and 1 G4... As to where you get th…

If you could email it to me, I would greatly apreciate it. olepigeon@yahooXXXXXX.com Remove the Xs obviously before you send. On another note, is there a way to do an "Unsuppo…

Try to use Tome Viewer (available from Apple web site) to open the tomes (installer files) and install the components you want.