On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If I want to replace the old hard drive, do I need to terminate it?
> Is the termination done on the CD-ROM drive already?
> I heard that only hard drives come from Apple can be mount by HD Setup, is
> this true? If this is the case, I may have trouble to replace the old hard
> drive.
Hello:
This article provides the info you need.
http://karchive.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18198
To paraphrase...
"Question: If I remove the internal Apple hard drive, is the internal SCSI
bus terminated or not?
Answer: The Apple internal drive supplies termination to the internal SCSI
bus when it ships from the factory. If the drive is removed and another
drive is installed, then that drive should be terminated. If no drive is
installed on the internal SCSI bus, then the ribbon cable should be
removed from the logic board to prevent problems with termination."
Now in my 8500 I have just recently replaced the stock drive with a new
Seagate Barracuda (model number ST318417N) This drive is terminated in the
default configuration and the SCSI ID was set as 0, so all I had to do was
swap out the old drive and replace with the new one. I did this while I
had the 8500 stripped apart to remove the L2 cache - also I put in a new
G3 card and some extra RAM.
I hope this helps.
Gordon Hawley
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