My Reply follows quote. On 30/12/2002 04:50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (flawed jai) > >I posted a question related to this and got no answers so I'm reposting >it a different way: >The hard drive in my 6360 doesnt want to show up onscreen when I boot >up. It's in there, I saw it. But in thinking it over, it occurred to me >that my brother in law ran this machine with a SCSI zip drive attached >out the back on the SCSI port, which I am sure is terminated. I haven't >attached it yet, and it occurred to me that since the hard drive of the >6360 is an IDE, that perhaps my problem is in the absence of termination >when the zip drive isn't attached. >Obviously the easy test is to attch the zip drive and see if the hard >drive shows up afterwards. >But supposing it works, and then I decide I don't want to use the ZIp >drive? >Do I need to buy a DB25 terminator to put on the SCSI port on the back >of the machine, to keep my hard drive in the loop? and what kind of >terminator do I want? > >janet ------------- Unless there is something really wrong with your machine, the presence or absence of the ZIP drive would make no difference. The SCSI bus is separate from the bus used by your internal IDE hard drive.
If you do choose to use the ZIP drive, there is a switch on the ZIP to enable or disable termination. You would not have to use a terminator with the ZIP. Do not put a terminator on the SCSI port of the computer. Usual symptom of bad SCSI termination would be a "freeze" at the "happy Mac" screen during boot. Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- 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
