A few questions:
Are your SCSI cables in good shape? No obvious cracks?
Does this happen with the external devices turned on or off, media
inserted or "just sitting there?"
OS-8 or OS-9?
Have you tried using different IDs on the drive and devices (i.e.
setting the external devices to a lower number and the drive to a higher
number, etc.)?
Jerry
On Friday, September 13, 2002, at 02:35 PM, Charlo98 at aol.com wrote:
> HELP! Hope this isn't too long winded!
> I have a beige G3 with a 2nd hard drive installed. Serial number begins
> XB808. It's an IBM 40G SCSI drive that I installed (maybe my first
> mistake).
> The drive mounts and works and the SCSI number doesn't conflict with
> any of
> my other devices. HOWEVER, even though it mounts, can be booted from,
> etc.,
> it is sometimes erratic, cursor gets "squirrely" (is that a word??) and
> drive
> doesn't seem to be able to find info for short periods, which slows me
> down
> considerably. There are 2 plug-ins for drives on the internal cable.
> I have
> had this drive connected to both. Same results. The people at
> OtherWorld
> walked me through setup. They said the drive was terminated and told me
> where to put jumpers for the ID. It seems if I never open the window
> for
> that drive on screen and am only working on my original drive, there is
> no
> slow down or erratic cursor. Am hoping some of the experts out there
> can
> tell me what my next move should be. My system profile is as follows:
>
> Internal ATA 0 ID=0 Hard Drive (original 4G drive)
> Internal ATA 1 ID=O CD-Rom drive (apple)
> SCSI Bus 0 ID=6 External LaCie CD-Rom
> ID=5 External Zip
> ID=3 Hard Drive (the one in question)
>
> Thanks a bunch for all the great guidance this list provides. I read
> all the
> posts and file many away for future use (mostly for OX 10, whenever I
> make
> that switch) and have benefited greatly from all the answers and
> advice!
>
> Lona
>
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>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
