"Janice Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a feeling, given feedback from others, that I didn't > terminate properly, and that the 2nd hard drive was terminated but > should not have been (because it was second from the end of the SCSI > ribbon, not the end). > > It was suggested to me that I might have fried the SCSI bus, so I > replaced the motherboard. I'm still having the same exact problem > (again, it's down to just the original drive at this moment) as I > did before I replaced it. What happens is that I press the "on" > button and I hear a noise from the drive about 3 times, then > nothing. The noise sounds like the drive is trying to spin, but I > can't even say that it goes around once. It's like it tries about 3 > times to go around and just can't do it.
You might try hooking the drive up to the external SCSI bus, it seems more forgiving (and slower) than the internal bus. There should be two SCSI connectors on the motherboard, hook the cable up to the other one. (I seem to remember hearing of cases where termination power was blown when too many terminated drives were attached.) -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
