on 8/15/03 9:14 AM, PCI PowerMacs at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All, >> >> Some of you are aware that I have been eagerly anticipating my >> 8600/300 that I purchased off o f EBay.. Well it arrived today, and I'm >> still typing this email on the 6400/180. >> BE VERY AWARE OF WHAT YOU BUY!!!! While this system was >> advertised with 128megs of ram, there is only 112mb actual and the rest >> virt. ram. It was advertised with Jazz/Zip/and 24x cd.. Well that is true, >> they all are there, but the system doesn't see any of them and I cannot get >> the d*mn thing too boot from the CD no matter what I do! However, it does >> boot nicely into 9.1, but right now that is about it! >> So after my diatribe, I'm asking: How can I force boot this thing >> from the cd? Or is that even possible? Under Sytem Profiler the HD is the >> only recognized drive, there are SCSI addresses listed, but all under >> "Unspecified" or something along those lines.. I have OS 9.0 on cd, so I'm >> not apposed to just blowing the entire HD and starting over. But this is >> really uncharted mac territory for me, so any help would be very much >> appreciated.. Thanks much for all of your input and help thus far.. >> Just learn from my mistake... It sounded like a great deal.. I >> just didn't bet on all the work that would go into it once the box arrived! > ------------ > Sounds like something has come loose in shipment. Make sure the SCSI > cable and individual power cables are properly seated both to the devices > and to the logic board. I would probably disconnect the Jazz and Zip > drives while trouble shooting the thing. Also, check that the SCSI IDs > are properly set at each device.
Yep! Sounds that way to me. I'd take loose all the SCSI and power connections to each drive, one at a time, and reconnect and see what happens. Also look for any corrosion. The 9600 I'm on now was bought off of eBay and it got packing peanuts down in the case, open PCI slots, so I opened it up and when I did it pulled the SCSI cable loose slightly. They had it routed wrong. Before that there was the 7600 I bought and opened it up and it had no floppy or ram, it was billed as a working system. My wife and I sell alot on eBay, not with this email identity, and have virtually flawless feedback(over 700) "knock on wood", we also buy quite a bit but I'm very picky about who I'll deal with. I bought the Radeon 7000 Mac card I'm using from a guy in Cal. ordered it on Friday had it on Monday and I'm in NC, now that's service! Good Luck, Grateful IIe, Duo 230, LC, 6200/75, 6400/200, 9600/G4/400 and eMac/700 "Make mine a Mac please" -- 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
