So, it does matter, even with the 40 pin cables? Just because it is impossible to put the longest part to the motherboard: the connector of the HDD and the DVD are too far apart. And the DVD does not appear in "probe-ide", if the HDD is not the primary master. (Any idea why?)
Kevin Stabel <[email protected]> írta: >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.jpgPlease 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 >>>> >>>> >> >> > > >
