Turned out to be a failing SCSI cable (25-50pin). Changed cables and all is well again. Intermittent failures like that are just so much fun!
thx, C >Fellow listers, any wisdom is welcome. > >I've just acquired a 8600/300 with a MAXpowr G3 (400Mz). It rocks. >However, I'm having write problems (timing?) to an external Seagate 9 >gig hard drive (brick) that I've been using with a 7200/90, without >any prior problems. The (apparent) damage so far has been custom >icons changing to speckled icons, at first, but now the affected >icons look like bar codes. I am getting alerts telling me the drive >is not functioning properly, during long-ish file transfers to it. A >surface scan reveals no bad blocks. Since it never gave me any >problems before, I'm at a loss as to what might be causing this while >attached to the 8600, and how to resolve it. The HD is being used for >back-up and storage, but now I'm concerned that it might not be very >reliable for that use. > >Any suggestions? > > 8600/300 w/G3 400Mz > 224Mb > 4 gig IBM on the internal bus (FWB) > 9 gig Seagate on the external bus (FWB) > OS 9.1 > >tia, >C -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
