Mac OS X 10.4.4 Special Report: Acard-connected drives unmountable, other issues

A number of users have reported issues with drives connected to Acard IDE PCI cards after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.4, including an inability to boot from volumes connected to the card.

Your best bet, if you absolutely need access to Acard-connected drives, is to revert to an earlier version of Mac OS X per this tutorial. Most readers have indicated that Mac OS X 10.4.2 provides the best compatibility with the Acard interfaces.

Index:

• Release Notes
• Upgrade procedure recommendation; General purpose workarounds; more
• Memory/RAM not recognized; fixes
• Fast User Switching bugs
• Problems with installer packages
• MySQL broken, fix
• iChat AV problems
• Mail.app crashes
• Kernel panics caused by USB devices
• Bluetooth issues
• Processor upgrade card issues
• Password problems
• Problems launching Final Cut Pro
• Software Update issues
• Fujitsu MO drives not mounting, other issues
• Animated GIF issues
• Reverting (downgrading) to Mac OS X 10.4.3
• FireWire issues; fixes
• Loss of keyboard audio volume control; fixes
• Other sound issues
• RSS feeds not working in Safari; fixes
• Wake-from-sleep issues
• TurboTax 2005 issues
• Windows sharing issues
• Acard-connected drives unmountable, other issues
• Active Directory issues; fixes
• Inexplicably booting into Open Firmware mode
• Loss of internal speakers

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