Two things, try zapping the PRAM or with Techtool pro try resetting the
PRAM, you may also want to have an 'active' SCSI terminator and not a
passive one, this is usually determined by an LED on actually being on
the terminator or the word active actually being printed on the
terminator's casing.
Mark
On Saturday, September 15, 2001, at 12:53 AM, marcus wrote:
> Greetings all.
>
> Recently I purchased an (old) Optical drive (Mitsubishi 230mb) and
> installed it on my 9600 in teh SCSI chain. The drive powers up, spins
> the
> disc(s), but won't show up on the desktop. I have tried various SCSI
> IDs
> to no avail, and other devices (with the same SCSI ID) plugged in
> instead
> of the optical work fine. This would appear to me to rule out the cable
> and a SCSI ID conflict.
> I have therefore thought it may be a driver issue. Does anyone know
> if I
> should need a special driver for the optical? Mitsubishi doesn't have
> one
> posted that I could find, and the drive is old, so I won't expect a
> miracle
> when they finally get around to responding to my email request. I would
> appreciate any comments. Thanks.
>
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