on 11/4/02 10:53 AM, Vaughan, John at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey, folks! I've been posting questions on this board for a few weeks, > trying to resolve multiple problems with my 7500, that would hardly boot up > on its own and would sometimes give me double startups once I got it > running, etc. Just wanted to tell you THANKS for all your help. > > Actually, it's funny how simple it was. Several folks started talking about > terminating the drives properly. This weekend, I found the time to pop it > open. The upper deck drive was my IDE drive connected to a Sonnet card. > The lower deck drive was my SCSI startup drive. I noticed that the SCSI > drive was connected to the END of the SCSI cable. On my other 7500, the > SCSI startup drive is in the upper deck and it's connected to the 1st SCSI > connection with the end of the cable left open. I switched the SCSI > connection on my problematic 7500, taking it off the end of the SCSI cable > and moving it to the 1st SCSI connection on the cable. And VIOLA! I've had > no problems since. > > I've loved to hear how this made a difference -- I don't understand, but I'm > glad it works. Thanks for all your input and for getting my wheels turning > in thinking through this.
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