Apple TIL article confirms PB G3 data corruption;<br>

also: Installing an internal Zip drive and booting to a black screen PowerBook G3 Series: Data Corruption When Reading Audio CDs An Apple TIL article (#24985) confirms the problem we reported here earlier this week regarding the original PowerBook G3 series and digital audio software (such as QuickTime Player, SoundJam MP, and MacAmp): "The issue reportedly occurs when one program reads from an audio CD while another writes a file to the hard drive at the same time, which may cause the resulting file to be corrupted. We're in the process of investigating these reports to better understand the issue. In the meantime, users may want to avoid the issue by not using these applications to read audio CDs on these PowerBook models."

Note: Two readers recently reported that this bug caused data corruption that resulted in a crash at startup and/or other serious symptoms with their drive. Happily, in both cases, they were able to fix the problem by using DiskWarrior (Disk First Aid was not sufficient).

Installing an internal Zip drive in G3/BW and G4 Macs An Apple TIL article (#58440) warns that, after installing an internal Iomega Zip drive on a Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) or G4, the computer may boot to a black screen. If it does, here's the explanation: The power cable is connected to the internal Zip drive before powering up the computer. If only the data cable is connected, the computer will boot to a black screen.