on 12/15/02 11:07 AM, James Mironchik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, all, > > I'm using a Power Center Pro 240 that's been upped to a G3/400 with an > XLR8 card. And running OS 8.6. > > My main problems are centered on the Ultra SCSI bus. The internal drive > seems to be rock solid. I do have two externals on that buss, though, and > they are problematic. While there has been no loss of data, problems > include: > > The computer freezes on start-up (as soon as the cursor appears) unless I > have the drive set for id5 switched on. If the drive is switched off, the > computer will not boot. With it on, all is fine (sort of). There are > other issues regarding data transfers with the disk freezing up in the > middle of the process. Also, the drive on id 3 randomly freezes as well. > In this case, there is a very weird noise just before the freeze that > comes form the drive. Both are Seagates (hmmmmm...). > > Also the Board Control control panel is a big mystery to me. The online > help seems ok if one knows what one is doing, otherwise I would love > some more technical information. > > Any suggestions regarding drive set up, SCSI id's, drivers, etc, would be > most welcome. Thanks in advance for any help. > > best > > James Mironchik > New York, NY > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I have a PowerWave 604/132 with two external HDs running on 8.6. All runs well but some times my internal (the original drive) won't mount. I have HD Setup software on the machine, which will mount the drive when asked. Yes, it's funkey, but it gets the job done. Bob in Nevada -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
