At 02:34 PM -0800 02/06/2003, Terry Graham wrote: > >Dupe scsi id's shouldn't damage the drives > >Sounds hopeful; guess I'll take the rope down from the ridgepole :-) > >>Was the Micropolis >>terminated when the only drive? Have you got any other HD utilities? > >I put it on the end of the ribbon cable, that's all I know about that. >I don't have the websites I was using to try and figure out the ID Jumpers >cause they're on the crashed drive. >The end of the ribbon constitutes termination doesn't it?
"Constitutes"? No. Termination is something you specifically set on the device using a jumper or end-plug. SCSI chains must be terminated at both ends. Apple's SCSI controller terminates the end on the mother board. You have to explicitly terminate the other end, usually by attaching a jumper across the termination pins on the last device in the chain. The Seagate was terminated, so to put the Micropolis drive at the end of the ribbon cable, you should have removed the termination on the Seagate drive and terminated the Micropolis. FWIW, while scsi id collisions don't normally cause anything other than a system hang or a missing drive, incorrect termination often cause SCSI packet corruption, which in turn can put bad data on your drive... - Dan. -- 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
