Cool, just a bit more patience, TCH, we will get this machine running :) Usually the part where the cable is the longest goes on the motherboard. Then you need to set the jumpers correctly as well for slave/master.
These are the positions: http://support.seagate.com/kbimg/3050-2.jpg Please try it and let us know. On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 7:37 PM, transmail <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >>> > >>> > > > > > >
