[G4] Re: nonexistent drive

[Eric Wood]

Well, I suspect that the ghost icon is a bug related to using that  
large drive with the built-in controller. I'm also curious as to how  
it happens exactly.

And the fact remains that I did not mention the video card because I  
thought it had anything to do with the problem. I should hope that  
it's already been made crystal clear, but just to sum it up, Roxylee  
seemed to think that the Rage 128 WAS her drive controller. I  
explained that it was not, and then commented that she just use the  
best card available, as there's no point in not doing that. It  
sounded like she'd already swapped the video card out once in an  
effort to fix her drive. I figured maybe she'd put an older one into  
the machine.

Eric

Am 04.07.2007 um 08:41 schrieb 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?
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