[G4] G4 HD corruption?

[CJ Scaminaci]

Tisk tisk...ATA...go SCSI!!


On Nov 12, 2003, at 9:22 PM, Mel Krewall wrote:

> The early blue G3s did because of a hardware problem with the EIDE 
> controller, but I'm not sure about the G4s. I found the blue G3 info 
> at xlr8yourmac.com. I didn't turn up anything on G4s. The drives might 
> just be showing age. Do you have a ATA adapter you can try them with?
> Mel
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>
> "They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more 
> complicated than that."
>  ~Gardner Dickinson
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2003, at 4:25 PM, Roger Harris wrote:
>
>> I have heard reference to earlier G4s causing corruption to hard 
>> drives; can someone point me to info on this?
>>
>> I have a 30 gig Quantum and a 15 gig Maxtor that one resided in a G4 
>> mp 450. Both drives are functional but flaky. I got to were I would 
>> only use them as seconary storage, as they would not work well with 
>> an operating system on them. last month I did an RMA on the Maxtor; 
>> The one they sent back is good. The warantee is up on the Quantum but 
>> I am hoping I can get some info that would help me get this thing 
>> working right.
>>
>> Roger
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