on 5/12/05 12:17 PM, Stephen Kenda at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Reader, > > I currently have one hard drive and a stock apple cdrom hooked up to > internal scsi bus 0 and one hard drive hooked up to a bootable uw scsi > card both in a pm 7600. I am considering having two internal hard drives > hooked up to the uw scsi card. To make room I would have no internal > hard drives hooked up to the internal scsi bus 0. If you are running a > stock apple cdrom as the only device on the internal scsi bus 0 of a > powermac 7x00, I would like to hear from you about your experience with > such a set up. My concern is the termination issue and any other > problems or inconveniences you may have run into. > > Tia .... stephen
Hello Stephen: This is on a beige G3 tower. I have a setup similar to yours. My CD burner and ROM are attached to the single motherboard SCSI and my ultra160 HD is connected to an Apple (ATTO) PSC UW PCI SCSI card. The Apple CDROM is terminated on the internal SCSI chain and is at the end of the chain of 2 CD devices. I have used the Apple CD-ROM by itself on the internal connector with no problems. The Apple (Mitsumi?) CD-ROMs seem to _need_ to be terminated regardless of where they are in the SCSI chain. The HD either takes care of termination itself or works with the SCSI card without it. The HI and LO termination L.E.D.s on the ATTO card are both on showing that communication to the HD is fine. I have attached more than one HD to the PSC card with good results. I think the setup you are talking about is ideal for any system. Just try it and see if it works, starting with proper termination. Sincerely yours, Grizzlygiant -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
