I have my 7300 configured with the startup drive in the lower slot and have no problem other than it takes about 5 seconds before I get the smiley Mac. I have that "scary" floppy disk with the "?" flashing. Bruce's advice, suggestions have always worked for this lurker, and have always made sense to me, so I imagine that he's right on this one.
Jim Sanderson Vaughan, John wrote: > 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. Bruce Johnson wrote: "This is why they call it SCSI Voodoo. Per the specifications, what you did should make NO difference. SCSI devices are supposed to connect anywhere along the chain with no problem (and there's no practial way to reach the connection length limit on an internal cable)." "My money is that the end connector is slightly flaky, the cable is damaged between the two connectors or you got the connector on *just right* the last time." "Or the phase of the moon was correct, you stuck your tongue out the left side of your mouth this time, and the feathers were from the right kind of chicken this time...;-)" -- 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:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
