Michael Shaw wrote: >I took the LAST drive off my internal SCSI chain. Its a Fujitsu 4.3 Gig >SCSI-2 and I defy ANYONE not either certifiable or a certified genius >to figure out the SCSI ID and termination information on the Fujitsu >website. I'm talking inscrutable !!! >
Did you try the .pdf manual for the drive family available from Fujitsu's site? I use the Australasian site which may be different. Termination is only required on the last device in the chain, the first ID is the controller. I'm yet to run into scsi voodoo, that said, some drives lack termination jumpers and work fine with nothing else on the chain, any addition to the chain requires the last device to be terminated. Proper documentation of the jumper setup for each drive your working with is much more useful than a days work with no result. As with ram, blaming the drive without checking the other drives is self defeating. Unlike ram, harddrives can be configured differently but this doesn't mean the plan you have in mind is the way its going to work. As a example I have a Apple labled Quantum and a Conner. The quantum has no jumper to set termination but the machine works fine if its the only drive, the conner must be used as the last device and must have the termination jumper set. It will not work any other way. I know jack about termination packs apart from the big one with a activaty light that ends my external chain. Doesn't matter what drive is last as long as the pack is installed. The drives all have the required extra 50 pin centronics plug for the pack which makes life easy. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
