[G4] Flatliner MDD

[Aaron]

Hey, folks! It's getting ridiculous!

I've found posts to this discussion with four different subject lines and I think I must have missed some. I'm somewhat interested in the topic because I have a Dual 867 MDD. (It's working without major problems.) I have found the following posts:

Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.)	2005/12/27 11:18	3	[G4] Re: G4 Digest, Vol 16, Issue 24  G4 MD new drive issue
Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.)	2006/01/07 06:19	4	[G4] Still trying to revive the dead G4 MDD
Steve Goldstein	2006/01/07 06:27	3	Re: [G4] Still trying to revive the dead G4 MDD
James Pacyga	2006/01/07 08:37	5	Re: [G4] Still trying to revive the dead G4 MDD
Tim Collier	2006/01/07 08:52	4	Re: [G4] Still trying to revive the dead G4 MDD
Johns Lists	2006/01/07 08:57	5	Re: [G4] Still trying to revive the dead G4 MDD
Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.)	2006/01/12 13:23	4	[G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. Flatl
Crandon David	2006/01/12 14:32	5	Re: [G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. F
Al Poulin	2006/01/12 16:05	6	[G4] Re: OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. F
Frank Sudore	2006/01/12 16:17	6	Re: [G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. F
S. Kennedy	2006/01/12 17:45	7	Re: [G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. F
Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.)	2006/01/12 18:28	5	Re: [G4] Re: OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritate
Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.)	2006/01/12 18:44	5	Re: [G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. F
nagable at comcast.net	2006/01/12 20:32	3	Re: [G4] OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritated. F
transform	2006/01/12 21:45	4	Re: [G4] Re: OK. Now I am starting to get a little irritate
Snow White	2006/01/12 23:01	7	[G4] Flatliner	MDD
Maj. Richard H. Blount (OHMR Ret.)	2006/01/13 04:40	5	Re: [G4] Flatliner MDD

I've read them all and I still can't figure out what does and doesn't work on Maj. Richard's machine! Will it actually boot and run when at least some CD or DVD is used? If so, have you, Richard, tried attaching the CD/DVD drive to the other ATA buses to see if it still boots? Have you tried attaching a hard disk to the same cable the CD/DVD drive is on to see if it still works?

BTW, despite the "Cable Select" recommendation from Apple, my drives work fine with the jumpers set to Master and the drive at the end of the cable. (This might not work with an old 40-wire cable, since cable select is different on those.

 - Aaron