[G4] Re: nonexistent drive

[Wayne Clodfelter]

Ronald Steinke wrote:
> On 3 Jul, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Eric Wood wrote:
> 
>> Presumably you saw the message to which I was replying.
> 
> Yes, I do understand the thread of the message, but I cannot see what 
> the import of the video card has to the subject which was an icon 
> appearing on the desktop for a hard drive that is no longer installed in 
> the chassis.
> 
> I failed to see the relevance of remarks addressing video cards and ATA 
> IDE controllers.
> 
> I do understand the need for a newer ATA IDE controller if the Mac in 
> use is incapable of recognizing drives larger than 128Gb. I have used 
> one myself to install additional large capacity drives in my old G4, but 
> that was not the subject under question.
> 
> I am extremely curious as to the cause and cure for the icon appearing. 
> I have never seen this happen yet and I have been using Macs for over 15 
> years. For the last 8 years, I have been doing volunteer technician work 
> with a computer re-use/recycling program here in Chico, CA and have 
> worked on at least two thousand Macs from the Centris series to G4 iMacs 
> without seeing this phenomenon.
> 
> I would truly like to see the explanation for it.
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> 
I asked this once, but did not see your reply. What do you get when you 
double click on the ghost icon, or get info on it? What is the path to 
the item?
If you open the desktop folder, is the item there? Can you delete it, 
drag it to the trash, or eject it?