ESata Card is Force Shutting Down My Computer!
I have a 4 port eSata Card, plugged into one of my PCI slots. I recently had to reformat my computer and now have 10.5.7. Whenever I plug in my 5 HD enclosure (NORCO), it will work for a little bit then the gray screen of death will come up saying I have to restart my computer by holding the power button.
I contacted the company that makes the eSata card (EZQuest) but they had no solution other than to replace the driver. I have tried everything and am now out of options. Any suggestions? Is it my card or computer?
I have a 4 port eSata Card, plugged into one of my PCI slots. I recently had to reformat my computer and now have 10.5.7. Whenever I plug in my 5 HD enclosure (NORCO), it will work for a little bit then the gray screen of death will come up saying I have to restart my computer by holding the power button.
Hi,
If it is this card it is a SiI-3124 based controller.
http://www.ezq.com/product/productspec.php?id=23
It is not unusual to find that this type of card will not work on the Macintosh if the BASE BIOS is not installed. The other possible problem is if conflicting drivers have been installed on the boot disk.
What I would do is install a fresh copy of Mac OS X on a spare empty hard disk and then install the SiI3124 32-bit universal Mac OS X 10.4.9, 10.4.10, & 10.5.1 BASE Driver v2.0.3 found here.
http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=27&cat=3
If it works you will know the original boot drive has a driver conflict. If this fails to work then you either have a defective card or the BASE BIOS may not be installed on the controller.
Have fun!
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Exception state (sv=0x38A98780)
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