on 9/5/2001 6:22 PM, Steven Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a seagate Seagate ST39173LC it is 80 pin and I
> have an adapter.
>
> I had Mac OS 9 on it, but it doesn't seem to want to
> work with my other drive, which is a seagate
> ST19171WC.
>
> Apparently the Seagate ST39173LC came out of a gateway
> computer, as it has gateway on the front of it.
>
> These drives had no termination available, so I can't
> test to see if there was a termination problem.
>
> I tried terminating an external drive to see if that
> would help, but no luck.
>
> Has anyone had any experiences with these 80 pin
> drives?
>
> My CD-Rom has also been acting goofy, as with these
> drives attached, I can not load any software from the
> cd-rom, it freezes.
>
Sounds a lot like a termination problem to me. SCSI voodoo time:
1. Check the cable very closely - the wires can break.
2. Try a plug in terminator on the cable.
3. Try rearranging the order of the devices on the SCSI chain (true
voodoo).
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