The best idea I have left would be to plug both drives into a PowerMac and take a look at them. This would also be a good time to transfer data across. We seem to be having a near…

This may be slightly off-topic, but I had almost the same problem you are explaining with my Performa 6400. I bought a 20GB Quantum drive and assumed that it would be an easy switc…

Is it possible that you need a third party softeware like FWB to format that specific non Apple drive?

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

You shouldn't notice any difference in graphics if you swap your mobo with a rev. B. Why? Because rev. B's have rage pro and 6MB VRAM, which is the same as your current rev d. Qu…

Right. Thanks. Does anyone know about OS X support, or anyone who is planning drivers or system level threads or whatever to get the Game Wizard to work with OS X? And that addi…

1. Swap. The onboard vid card is the same. Swap. Thats all I can say. its easy, its simple, its fun. 2. The 12 meg card is NOT an iMac card, its a PCI card for tower macs. …

I wouldn't count on OS X support for GW. Maybe in a some beta SW drivers, but i can't see support for anything interfacing with a slot that Apple never discussed being implemented …

It'll work. If it doesnt, someone will hack it. Keep in mind that 8.6 or 9 doesnt officially support it either. Heh. Ca$h

I'm not even sure we'll have support for PCI Voodoo2's. I haven't heard anything about it.

Quit worrying. it'd be stupid if ONLY new mac could run OSX. The mezz was never really supported on any current OS anyway, and it works. If it doesnt work, somebody WILL hack …

Good call, Ca$h. I do say that I have faith that someone will hack it. If not, I'll learn to program and do it if I have to.

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?