Well, it's an LC III now (25 MHz) with 20 MB of RAM. And it's running
7.6.1 very well ^_^

On May 28, 4:40 pm, Todd Brayer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Small note that your LCII runs better with vanilla system 7
> considering how low-powered it is and how little ram it has.
>
> Todd Brayer
> [email protected]
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Austin Leeds
>
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Nailed the problem: the ELS drive had died. Period. The end.
>
> > The LPS is working fine back in its LaCie enclosure, reading as SCSI
> > device 1. I'll boot from that.
>
> > So, here's to posterity—if you've got an LC II with a Quantum ProDrive
> > ELS, and it won't boot, it's probably the drive. And, using a hard
> > drive out of an external enclosure without terminating resistors won't
> > work.
>
> > Phew! Now, onto System 7.6!!!! ^_^
>
> > Until next time,
> > Austin
>
> > On May 28, 9:05 am, Austin Leeds <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >> All right, now I have an LC III logic board in it (after a little head
> >> scratching to figure out why it wouldn't boot—dead battery, replaced
> >> with the LC II board's batt), and it's still saying it can't find an
> >> SCSI device with the ELS drive in.
>
> >> I just found out that the LPS drive is missing its terminating
> >> resistors, and it needs 3 rather than 2 like the ELS. Does anyone know
> >> if it's possible to make these resistors DIY?
>
> >> On May 25, 12:00 pm, Austin Leeds <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> > OK, a little more specific info:
>
> >> > Original drive: Quantum ProDrive ELS 85 
> >> > Shttp://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-drives-hdd/quantum/PRODRIVE-ELS-85-S...
>
> >> > LaCie external drive: Quantum ProDrive LPS 240 
> >> > Shttp://stason.org/TULARC/pc/hard-drives-hdd/quantum/PRODRIVE-LPS-240-...
>
> >> > As you can see, when I tried to use the ELS' terminating resistors on
> >> > the LPS, they obviously didn't work. Which leads me to believe the ELS
> >> > went bad or has stiction, and the LPS needs the correct terminating
> >> > resistors. Am I on the right track?
>
> >> > On May 23, 2:52 pm, Todd - <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > > The LaCie SCSI drive may not be terminated properly for the LCII or 
> >> > > might
> >> > > need a patched version of Apple Drive Setup utility to format a non 
> >> > > branded
> >> > > Apple drive.
>
> >> > > Todd M
>
> >> > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Todd Brayer <[email protected]> 
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > > > Just as a "why not" sort of thing, disconnect and reconnect the HDD.
> >> > > > Maybe a pin got loose just from time and whatnot.
>
> >> > > > You can sometimes tell when an HDD is about to die. Is there any
> >> > > > unusual clicking noises? When my LCII was about to have it's
> >> > > > HDD die it started screeching like a tea kettle.
>
> >> > > > Todd Brayer
> >> > > > [email protected]
>
> >> > > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> 
> >> > > > wrote:
> >> > > > > Try the drive in another computer. If it doesn't work it may have, 
> >> > > > > as we
> >> > > > say in Texas, "Dunupindied".
> >> > > > > On May 23, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Todd Brayer wrote:
>
> >> > > > >> The duster might have done something on the motherboard (always 
> >> > > > >> use
> >> > > > >> canned air to dust electronics), though I doubt it.
>
> >> > > > >> Todd Brayer
> >> > > > >> [email protected]
>
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