John, According to the Maxtor site, Termination Power ensures a sufficient level of power on the bus. It is recommended that the last device installed have this enabled. It states that all other devices between the host and the last device have this turned off. Active termination is more robust than passive so that should be on. Forcing SCSI 1 should not help but won't hurt either. From what I know, SCSI is an earlier SCSI speed and requires passive termination. When I have been messing around with non-Apple drives, I always add it to the existing SCSI bus as a new ID first to make sure it shows up. That takes care of the termination issue at least. Then I can format it live and make it bootable. When I connect it up alone, only the termination issues are left. Good luck! Winston ---------- >From: John Niven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Vintage Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: SCSI HD settings. >Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2003, 2:48 PM >
>> I'm trying t o work out how to set up a 2GB HD to go into a IIci. The >> drive in question has a option to force SCSI 1 operation. Should I do >> this? >> >> Also it has active terminators, which can be on or off, and can supply >> the termination power, or not. >> >> Does the IIci supply term power to it's SCSI bus, or does the drive >> supply that? >> >> John >> > >Nobody knows anything? :-( > >Somebody must know. > >You guys are just holding out on me :-) > >Tried it with Termination ON but not connected to the SCSI bus. Got a >sad Mac. > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
