I have a new 200GB DiamondMax 21 hard drive installed in a PowerMac G4. I also have a SIIG UltraATA 133/100 Pro PCI card installed, which is suppose to make it possible to use the full 200GB of the new drive.
The PCI card seems to work with the 80GB drive that I have been using in this computer for many years.
The PROBLEM is that I cannot initialize (partition) the new, 200GB drive.
The computer can see the drive (using 'System Profiler' or 'Disk Utility') and everything looks fine (about 186GB available). However when I try to partition the drive (using 'Disk Utility'), the system "crashes" (a gray curtain comes across the screen and I am advised that I need to restart the system).
The jumpers on the drives are set up correctly. The 80GB boot drive is the master. The new 200GB drive is the slave. I tried setting the jumpers for 'Cable Select', but the result is the same - I can't partition the large drive.
As I said - the PCI card seems to be working perfectly well with my old 80 GB drive, so it seems that there is a problem with the 200 GB drive, or a problem with the software that I'm using to partition the drive.
My operating system is Mac OS 10.4.11. The 'Disk Utility' program that I'm using is version 10.5.6.
Suggestions?
The PCI card seems to work with the 80GB drive that I have been using in this computer for many years.
The PROBLEM is that I cannot initialize (partition) the new, 200GB drive.
The computer can see the drive (using 'System Profiler' or 'Disk Utility') and everything looks fine (about 186GB available). However when I try to partition the drive (using 'Disk Utility'), the system "crashes" (a gray curtain comes across the screen and I am advised that I need to restart the system).
The jumpers on the drives are set up correctly. The 80GB boot drive is the master. The new 200GB drive is the slave. I tried setting the jumpers for 'Cable Select', but the result is the same - I can't partition the large drive.
As I said - the PCI card seems to be working perfectly well with my old 80 GB drive, so it seems that there is a problem with the 200 GB drive, or a problem with the software that I'm using to partition the drive.
My operating system is Mac OS 10.4.11. The 'Disk Utility' program that I'm using is version 10.5.6.
Suggestions?