on 10/12/03 2:39 PM, G-List at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is a stretch: if available, use a different power plug to run the > drive. Sometimes a unit "requesting power" if plugged into a bad power cord > "denying power" will prevent bootup. This was the case with one G3 we had, > where a student accidentally severed one of the power wires to a plug - the > unit was dead as a doornail until I either unplugged the involved CD drive > or (which I did) quick-crimped connection of the severed wire. > > Rev. George, your description actually sounds more like a SCSI I.D. problem, > which I'd normally suspect except that the two IDE busses are involved. Do > you have another SCSI device (scanner, etc.) externally connected?, or did > your affected HD somehow lose its TP (term power/term enable)? On this note > I would wonder if a jumper errantly fell off the drive. > > In my experience, a 68-pin internal cable costs almost as much, maybe more, > than an appropriate IDE HD. If you do go the cable route, make sure it's > terminated at the non-board end.
Hi Dana & all; When I bought the MT it came with the SCSI drive as the only HDD. It was originally running off the ATTO card, which is where I left it,as it could not be connected anywhere else. I moved it to the bay under the Zip drive, which is 50 pin SCSI hooked to the Mobo SCSI bus 0 and put my Maxtor on ATA bus 0. The CD is on ATA bus 1. I have 2 scanners and an external Zip on SCSI bus 0 external. I didn't change anything on the SCSI drive, except the location. The only jumper on the SCSI drive is the TE jumper on the bottom of the drive next to a place for a TP jumper. When the drive was working it showed up in ASP on SCSI bus 1, ID=0(zero). If I hook up the drive and try to boot while holding the drive in my hand(cables are long enough for me to do this) completely away from the Mac, I can feel and hear the drive spinning. I'm assumeing the power connection is OK. I'm beginning to think the cable is bad or the drive heads are gone and the system can't read the drive on startup check and it just hangs at the grey screen and cursor. I don't know if this means anything, but before it started this, the Mac would boot but the drive would not mount. Nothing I tried would see the drive. Not Drive Setup, not Mount Everything. Nothing. ASP would see the ATTO card and show a yellow triangle and no drive for connected devices. Mount Everything also said "No Drives Found". Thanks again. --Thanks; Rev. George --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh) -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
