i've got an adaptec 2930cu scsi card (stock from apple) in my graphite g4 733 and have never had problems with it. what os are you using? i'm only using 9.1, x might be different. one thing that sometimes helps is to use an "active" or "forced perfect" terminator (i've got an active terminator). of course cable quality also matters. then again it might just be the 2930 card as you suggest. it's also possible, depending on how jumpers are set, that there isn't power to the terminator which it must have to operate properly, i've occasionally had this problem. one nice feature of the better terminators is an led showing if it has power. it may also be peculiar to hard disk toolkit/speedtools. i've only used silverlining for both my internal and external drives, the disk driver could make all the difference. it might be worth reformatting with the apple formatter the next time you do a major overhaul. some formatting tools will let you just update the driver without reformatting, silverlining will in any case. of course it might also be wise to remove and reinsert the scsi card, bad connections on the pci bus could also do odd things. (note: different "phil")
Tom Baker wrote: > > I've got the silver 733 G4 with an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card in it running a > chain of three old SCSI devices (two scanners and a SyQuest drive. The > device on the end of the chain is terminated with a terminator block). > Usually the devices on the SCSI chain are left turned off until I need --------- -- Philip Stortz, mad scientist at large. --Every 13 seconds an American gun owner uses a firearm in defense against a criminal. gun ownership deters crime, it doesn't increase it. gun control increases crime and cost lives. <http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/framedex.html> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
