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] > > >> > > > > -- > >> > > > > ----- > >> > > > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage > >> > > > > Macs > >> > > > group. > >> > > > > The list FAQ is > >> > > > > athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmlandour > >> > > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > >> > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> > > > > To leave this group, send email to > >> > > > [email protected] > >> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > >> > > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > ----- > >> > > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage > >> > > > Macs > >> > > > group. > >> > > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmlandour > >> > > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > >> > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> > > > To leave this group, send email to > >> > > > [email protected] > >> > > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > >> > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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