[G4] Acard AEC-6280M Boot

[Luke Rademacher]

Let me ask, what's wrong with the default ATA controller in your G4  
AGP computer?

Your G4 AGP should have 2 ATA controllers One set for the Optical &  
Zip drive (which is ATA-3 slower ATA/33 bus and Second channel (ATA-5  
with ATA/66 bus).

The only reason I would see why anyone would get an additional ATA  
Controller card was two add a 3rd/4th ATA HD to their computer.

What OS are you booting into?

Where did you get the Acard AEC-6280M IDE card?

Peace,

Luke Rademacher
Liquid Zone Graphics
Mac mini 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3GB RAM, 80GB HD, Combo DVD/CDRW,  
Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.5, ext NewerTech miniStack w/ 320GB HD.
MDD Dual 1.25Ghz G4, 2GB RAM, 250GB/120GB/80GB HD's, 16x DL DVD±R/RW  
Superdrive, Mac OSX Tiger 10.4.11, Classic Mac OS 9.2.2.
External 1TB HD FireWire 400
Intel Celeron 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, Ubuntu Linux 8.04
5.5th gen 80GB Enhanced Video iPod
Canon CanoScan 8400F
Canon Pixma iP4500

On Oct 15, 2008, at 11:09 AM, shopdog at mac.com wrote:

> All:
>
> I recently installed an Acard AEC-6280M IDE card in my G4 (AGP  
> Graphics).
>
> I'm having frequent issues with not being able to boot from drives  
> connected to the card bus.  So much so that I have reverted to  
> simply booting from a drive attached to the native bus where the  
> Zip drive had been attached, and using the Acard-connected drives  
> as storage.
>
> If I try to boot from an Acard-connected drive, the drive will  
> occasionally boot, but 9/10 times the system hangs right after the  
> grey apple appears on the screen.  I have tried this with more than  
> one drive, so it is not the drive, as far as I can tell.
>
> Is this normal, or is the card bad, or is there something else that  
> is wrong.
>
> Thanks!
>
> shopdog
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