At 10:18 AM +0000 3/20/03, pdimage.fsnet.co.uk wrote: >>Now, with everything turned on, the system locks up at a blue screen and a >>frozen pointer in the upper left of the screen while it's starting up. >>Turning off the external drives lets it boot, but it seems to take a long >>time. Once in the finder, turning on an external locks up the system >>immediately. I haven't had a chance to test the drives on another system so >>I don't which part(s) might be damaged. Obviously, this is not good, but >>just how bad is this and is there anything I can do? >> >>thanks, jim > > I think it's possibly unwise to power up the computer before the >external scsi devices - I've never used external drives but I think they >should be powered up before the system. > Best thing to do if it boots is fire it up with the externals off >and zap the pram a few times by holding down the command/option/p/r keys >after the boot chimes. Then restart again and rebuild the desktop by >holding down the command/option keys until you get the rebuild dialogue. >Then shutdown after the rebuild - turn on the externals first - and >startup again. If it boots have a look in the devices section of the >apple system profiler under the apple menu and check the scsi id's and >info the internal drive should be on scsi bus 0 id 0 and the externals >should be on scsi bus 1 with id's from 0 - whatever the limit is - 15? > If it boots but the externals don't show there may be problems with >the drivers for these and some diagnostic utilities may be required to >get them to mount. > > Pete
At home I have an external Zip drive. I turn it on before the computer, and I turn it off after turning off the computer. I agree that's probably safer. However, I do have a SCSI scanner that I turn on/off while the system is on. I do that because the lamp stays on all the time and I don't use it that often. Zapping the pram and rebuilding the desktop sounds like a good idea. I'll defintely try it. thanks, jim -- 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
