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Internal Zip100 problems in OSX
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Join Date: May 2000
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A friend of mine was recently given a 300Mhz Blue & White G3 Tower and mathcing Blue & White monitor in very good condition. The only problem is that the internal Zip drive doesn't seem to be recognizedi in OSX. We also have an external Zip100 USB drive that works perfectly on this machine. So it would appear to be either a problem with the ATA jumper settings (CD is master, Zip is slave) or the driver. Does anyone have one of these setups working in OSX?
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I've used PowerMacs at school with internal zip drives with no problem...
Is it possible the zip drive is dead? They're known to not last too long...
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What happens when you insert a Zip disk into the drive? Does the Zip drive make any strange noises?
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Thanks for the replies:
shifuimam: It's possible drive may have partially failed. The symptons are that it goes through a startup sequence whenever the G3 Tower is turned on (LED turns on, motor spins, noises, etc). And when you insert a known working zip disk it also spins and lights up the LED for a bit, but never shows up in OSX. So I was hoping it was just a config and/or driver problem. It was originally missing the IDE jumper on back and I only had enough time to install a spare jumper and set it to slave. The CD-ROM drive shares the same IDE cable and is set to master. If I had more time I would've swapped them around and made the Zip master and the CD slave to see if that would get it recognized. The computer has a fully updated OSX Panther install. But I'm not sure if that includes a driver for ATA Zip drives.
himself: When I insert a known working zip 100 disk, the drive lights and the disk spins. But nothing ever shows up on the Finder/desktop. This same zip disk works fine if I connect an external USB Zip 100 drive to this Tower. With the internal drive, the only way to eject the disk is to remove the plastic blue drive cover (easy enough) and push the round Zip eject button. There is also a small pin hole in cover that looks like it should line up with an emergency eject in the Zip drive. But there is no such hole in the front of the Zip drive. I suspect this may not be the original Zip drive that Apple installed in this tower - which seems likely given the age.
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I pulled a zip drive from a PC for my blue and white and it works well in Tiger. I have been using zip drives for a long time and it seems like the easiest solution is to spend a few bucks on a new drive.
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