on 1/11/04 2:33 PM, G-List at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Have you tried Hard disk speed tools it will see almost anything > also I some trouble like this once I found that power cable kept > coming out of the Hard drive > Michael & Sharon Vogt <>< > > On Jan 10, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Rev. George G. Guillory wrote: > >> Hi all; >> I've got a Beige G3-300 MT with a 40 gig Maxtor as the boot drive >> and a >> 4.5 gig WSE Quantum drive which is hooked to an ATTO-Apple SCSI card >> which >> is flashed to ATTO. >> Now to the problem. Sometimes the SCSI drive works and the Mac boots, >> sometimes it hangs at the start of boot at the gray screen. The drive >> always >> spins up, you can hear and feel it running. >> I had termination problems with this drive at one time, as a jumper >> fell >> off. Put it back on and all was well for a while. Now it's doing the >> same >> thing again. I've checked the termination and the TP and TE jumpers >> are in >> place and the power cable is good +5 & +12 volts with the 2 middle >> wires as >> grounds. I've even tried booting the Mac with the power off the SCSI >> drive >> with the ribbon still hooked up and then hooking the power back after >> boot >> is complete. The drive spins up, but is not recognized by any utility I >> have. Tried Drive setup, Mt. Everything, SCSI probe, nothing sees it. >> ASP recognizes the ATTO card, so that should be OK. Since the drive >> is >> spinning up, would this indicate a bad ribbon cable? >> Another question. The SCSI ribbon cable is either a 3 or 5 connector >> cable, have to open the box to see. If I can find the break in the >> cable and >> since if there is only 1 drive on the cable it must be at the end of >> the of >> the cable and terminated, can the cable be cut or a connector be moved >> to >> bypass the bad spot in the cable? >> Any and all replies greatly appreciated. TIA >>
Hi Michael and all; The power cable is not the problem as the drive is spinning. On bootup the drive spins up,and keeps spinning and the Mac hangs at the gray screen. The drive never stops spinning unless I unplug the power, then the Mac will finish booting. It acts like it did when the termination jumper fell off, but they are both on the TP & TE pins. Is it possible that a bad Data cable would cause the same symptoms? If I can find the break in the cable, can the cable be cut or a connector be moved to bypass the break? Any and all replies greatly appreciated. TIA --Thanks; Rev. George --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh) -- 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> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
