on 1/18/04 2:33 PM, Joe wrote: > > It seems like I did something that killed the second bus (ata bus 01). > I've switched devices and cables around enough now to know that the > only thing that seems not to work right is the bus itself. > > Is there anything I could have done to cause this? Any way I can check > it? > > When I put a bootable HD in bus 0, System Profiler simply shows nothing > on bus 01. > > On the other hand, I can't get it to start up unless I do have > something plugged in to bus 01. > > Any ideas anyone? > > Desperately, > > Joe >
Hi Joe and all; Check on the MOBO and you'll see the 2 ATA bus connectors, which are marked J9 and J10. If you use only one bus, you must use J9 as it is the primary bus, ATA bus 0. If only using one bus you cannot have anything hooked to J 10, not even a cable. The socket on the MOBO must be empty The 2nd bus, J10, ATA bus 1, goes to the CD drive if it is an ATAPI drive and to the built in Zip if it has one. Make sure these cables are right. Once you make sure the cables are right, be sure the CD is set as Master and the Zip is set as slave. To install a slave drive on ATA bus 0 with the boot drive, the boot drive must be jumpered as Master and the 2nd drive must be jumpered as slave. You don't say if this a Desktop or a Mini-Tower, but while you're inside, make sure all chips and cables are fully seated, Ram, Rom, PCI cards ect. If in doubt pull and reseat them. I've had 1 of each running 4 drives, so I know it'll work. Also you should reset the CUDA any time you make any hardware change and you may also have to zap the PRAM, hold down command,option,P and R keys on startup until the Beige bongs 10 times. Yes, 10 times. "It's a Beige thing". If I got any of this wrong or missed anything, I'm sure Mr. PeterH will follow up, as He's our resident G3 expert <grin>. --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
