I see, so it can go for a while, even if it does not connected properly. Good to know.
I replaced the 80 pin cables to 40 pin ones. Does it matter for the 40 pin one, how it's connected? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> írta: >I wouldn't be surprised if it crashed with the cabling being messed up. > >Frans is absolutely right. Unless you connect the cable properly, don't be >surprised by obscure crashes or hangs. > >Adrian > >> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:25 PM, transmail <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> But it works if it's not the blue is connected to the motherboard! "boot >> cdrom" works and it's not the blue which is connected to the motherboard. Or >> even if the machine begins to boot, the later crash is because of this? What >> if i connect the devices with a 40 pin cable? >> >> Frans van Berckel <[email protected]> írta: >>>> On Mon, 2017-04-10 at 19:09 +0200, transmail wrote: >>>> And which cable is correct for this machine? Because now "boot cdrom" >>>> works with 80 pin too. >>>> >>>> It's impossible to plug the blue connector to the motherboard. The >>>> DVD's and the HDD's connector is too far from each other then. I need >>>> to put the middle (gray) one to the motherboard. When i got the >>>> machine it was that way. >>> >>> Okay clear, stop searching any further. Because this the problem. The >>> blue cable connector got to be connected to the motherboard, indeed. >>> >>>> It did not make any change if i mapped the DVD as slave or CS. What >>>> mattered that i had to put the DVD on the same bus as the HDD. If the >>>> DVD is alone then it only appears if it's the master. >>>> >>>> I'll get a serial cable. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Frans van Berckel >>> >>> > >
