On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 08:36 PM, A.Tuazon wrote: > Thanks to all those who helped! I basically took apart the 7300 (man > that > was some educational ride). I removed the power supply changed the > cable. > Re-did the jumpers several times and in the end it was the SCSI port I > had > the cable attached to. If you remember the mobo on the 7300 on the top > right corner there are 2 SCSI ports. I had the cable attached to the > one on > the right. This gave me headaches galore. Once I attached the cable > to the > left port all was well. No more freezes.
Check your RAM. It could be a dead SCSI port, but check your RAM first. I had a similar problem where I had to do that on my 7600 or it wouldn't boot. (BTW, you're now running everything off the slower 5 mb/sec external bus) All sorts of contortions...the system would work with a G3 upgrade or the original 120 card, but not my G4 at all, I struggled with it for quite a while then gave up. Until I got a new 128 mb RAM stick. Plugged it in, most of my memory was unrecognized. I then tested every ram stick separately, all worked. It wasn't until I tried some old 16 mb sticks in conjunction with the 128 I had problems. I took the old ram out, everything ran. I restored my SCSI to the internal port, everything ran (and noticeably faster!) I tried my G4 card, it worked fine. Moral of the story: bad RAM can do really, REALLY weird things to you! > BTW is it possible to screw up a video card (ATI RAGE 128) by zapping > the > PRAM too many times? Just wondering because I had sort of a scare > when I > kept zapping the PRAM and then suddenly I got no video from the card. > I had > to resort to the built in video and a VGA adapter, but then I plugged > the > card into another PCI port and now it works like a charm. Was it close to where the Cuda switch was? You might have just knocked it a little loose. I don't know about the 7300, but in the 7600, here are no screws holding PCI cards in place, only the friction of the slot. -- Wherever you go, there you are. Bruce Johnson -- 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
