> From: "Rev. George G. Guillory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:34:46 -0500 > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: SCSI drive problem > > Hi all; > I've got a Beige G3-300MT with a Quantum Viking 4GB running off an ATTO > Express PCI Pro SCSI card. (Card has been flashed from ATTO-Apple) Recently > the above mentioned drive started locking up my Mac. With the drive hooked > up, I get to the gray screen and cursor on bootup and no further. I can hold > the drive in my hand on bootup and feel it running. Unhook the drive and it > boots and runs fine. ASP sees the ATTO card, so I think the card is good. > Bad drive,bad cable,bad card? Any suggestions anyone? > Any and all replies greatly appreciated. TIA > --Thanks; Rev. George > --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh) Hi Rev. George, I would start w/ the cable, swap it if you can, OR if you have an external SCSI box, put the drive inside and connect to the external SCSI port to see if the drive boots properly. Replace the drive w/ a known to be good one and start up again (you don't mention if this drive is the actual Boot drive; if it is use an OS CD to boot from) to see if it is the cable is the culprit in this scenario. Also if you happen to have another drive, use it to verify that the SCSI bus is
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