on 10/20/02 6:07 PM, William Hill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Philip Black wrote: > >> Sometimes when I'm >> trying to write a file, especially a large one, they'll make a lot of noise >> and then I'll get a notice that the file could not be copied, for a reason I >> don't remember. They're just not trustworthy. Short term storage only >> (days, or a few weeks, maybe; any longer and your playing Russian roulette >> with your files!) Burn anything important on CD-ROM. > > When I first got my 8600/250 a few months ago the fac. zip had the same > problem. The drive would not mount and I would have a lot of clicking. I > found a web site that stated setting the scsi id to something other than 5 > (I set mine to 4) would fix the click of death. The drive now works great > with no problems whatsoever. I assume you have a pci mac so this might help > you. > > Both of my external Zips only give the choice of SCSI ID of 5 or 6, and since I had both connected, one was 5 and the other 6.
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