I asked you guys for some info re connecting 2 hard drives to my 7500 and didnt get an answer to my particular questions on termination and settings for the drives�Now Ican assume that everyone knew the answer and wouldnt tell me or that no one knew �8)
well for anyones interest heres the the answer(not from this list) thatworked for me Maybe this time I can help someone else out with this
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Take ALL jumpers off EXCEPT the "D-Target INIT" one. I believe it's the 7th over from the end, but you'll have to check the sticker on the drive for sure.
2. The "D-Target-INIT" jumper disables "Ultra-Wide" SCSI. Unless you're actually running these drives on a 68 pin ribbon cable connected to a 68 pin Ultra-Wide SCSi card, LEAVE THIS JUMPER ON or the computer won't know how fast to run the drive and will try to run it fast on a slow connection, mucking the works up.
3. With the D Target-INIT pin as the only jumper, the drive is SCSi ID 0. Make sure there's no SCSI devices connected to your computer with this same SCSI ID.
4. Do the same with the second drive. Take all jumpers off except for "D Target-INIT". On this drive you must set a SCSI ID though, so it doesn't conflict with the first drive (at 0). Take the extra jumpers and set it to a SCSI ID (don't use 3, the CD-ROM is already this number) that no other device is using. I'd suggest 1 (see the sticker on the drive for which jumper to place in what position to make it this ID).
5. ID's set. Now all you need do is first plug the power connectors into the drives, then the adapters, then the ribbon cables.
6. Occasionally (rarely) there's a termination issue. If so, try plugging the drives on the ribbon cable between the board and CD-ROM so (in order) the ribbon is connected to the board, the first hard drive, the second hard drive, then the CD-ROM dive. This usually solves it. It's rare for anyone to have to do this, but I just thought I'd mention it here for posterity, in case you needed to troubleshoot later.
7. Boot the machine off of another drive that has Mac OS and Silverlining installed. You may wish to go to http://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/?CFID=769619&CFTOKEN=52572132 to make sure Silverlining is updated to the latest version so it'll pick up any newer drives.
8. Silverlining should pick up both drives. Run the "Test" on each, then format them.
How to tell if they're dead? Here's how to know:
1. If the green light on the drive blinks 13 times, pauses, then repeats it's a "Not Ready" error and thusly dead.
2. If Silverlining says it's "Not Ready", then the drive is dead.
3. If they make weird whining or clacking noises, it's dead.
4. If it fails any of Silverlining's tests it's dead.
Finally, if you decide to install Mac OS onto one of these drives, remember to uncheck the "Update Apple hard Disk Drivers" box in the options of the installer. These drives can't take a Mac driver, so if you don't uncheck the box and the installer tries to put it on the drive, it'll lock up the machine or crash.
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