on 6/8/03 11:04 PM, PCI PowerMacs at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 19:31:13 -0400 > From: "W. Adrian D'Alessio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Mac Hell > > This is arepost from last night. > > A few weeks ago I obtained an 8500 to replace my dead 7600 hybrid. > The old drives were transferred to the 8500. > At first this machine was prone to the same freezes and crashing that > the other one suffered from. This led to a determined effort to sort > it all out. S9ome may remember my postings last week dealing with > extension sifting. and > startup freezing. I followed all of the suggestions which came in to > little or no avail. > > On either of the two drives booting resulted in a blank error panel > being displayed on the MOSS screen. Turning various extensions on and > off ( over ten hours of reboots altogether. ) showed that I could > get it to go farther and farther along in the startup but that even > if a desktop was established it would crash almost immediately at the > slightest action. In the few error messages that did come to text > were system error 10 and 11. Also a finder error CHK (check ?). > > Needing this machine to work as soon as possible.( And I have a lot > for it to do indeed) I got a 4 Gig drive from the swap list and > formatted and installed Os 8.5 and when it seemed stable enough, > although limited, I installed 8.6 . Because I need it for USB. > > When booted the OS on this drive bagan showing the same problems. And > when I reformmatted one of the other HDs and installed 8.5 and 8.6 > update the machine still has these symptoms. > ..... > > Adrian D'Alessio
Sounds like possible SCSI Voodoo problems. Are the ID's unique? Check your SCSI chain. Only one drive should have termination on, the one at the end of the SCSI chain. Start with the latest drive only activated, unplug the power cables for the others and see how your machine runs. Keep restarting and adding one drive to the mix at each restart until you find the culprit. HTH John -- 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
