In a message dated 1/11/03 Jeff Walther writes: I'm trying to get a UL2D to work in an S900 but not having any luck. It's fine as long as I don't connect any drives to it. It even shows up properly in ASP. As soon as I connect drives it causes the machine to freeze at the gray screen.
Now ordinarilly I'd think SCSI configuration or cable problem, but the exact same SCSI chain works fine with an Adaptec 2940U2B. I have an amphenol LVD SCSI cable and terminator. The drives I'm using are a pair of Western Digital WDE18300 18 GB LVD drives set to IDs 1 and 2. I've tried the drives individually and together with the same results. With just a bare cable and terminator (no drives) connected to the UL2D card it's fine. It's only when I connect a drive that there's a problem. The machine is an S900 motherboard with a Sonnet G4/800. The UL2D is plugged into the second slot, not a lower slot. I can't use slot 1 because the E100 extender is in the way. The OS shouldn't matter since I'm not getting past th e gray screen but I'm using 9.1 or 8.6 depending on which volume I boot from. I guess I could try a different CPU to see if the G4/800 conflicts with the UL2D... >> They work in my 7500/200 604e. I have the same card, drives and SCSI cable installed with no problems. The 18 GB LVD Western Digital drives are set to ID 0 and ID 1. The startup drive (ID 0) has OS 9.1 installed with most of my production software (PhotoShop, Quark, Illustrator, PageMaker, Acrobat and MS Office) as well as the extensions for an XLR8 Carrier card and Rage Orion Video card. So far no gray screens, freezes, crashes or bombs. I have yet to install the actual G3 and Video cards, font management software and my data files. The machine is still a work in progress. Both drives were initialized with a hacked version of Drive Setup. The ATTO UL2D is installed in the PCI slot next to the CPU card (nearest the power supply). The RAM is a mix of 8, 16, 32, 64 MB's (232MB total) mostly 70ns. (to be replaced with 4-128's 60ns when the G3 card is installed). Hope some of this info is useful. --glen -- 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
