>> >>>I need help. I have a power tower pro 225 with 384 megs of ram and os >>>>>9.1 installed. I have one internal Matshita cd drive that came with the >> >>>machine and >... > >You know, I have tolerated a nearly dead CD drive in my PowerBase 180 >for years. It is the original "Teac CD-ROM CD 516S" and I have no >other SCSI devices internally. I do have two external devices which I >THINK are terminated properly. > >The CD-ROM is on 3, and the other two devices are on 4 and 5. All >three devices show up in my SCSI utiolity "Mt. Everything" as being >on the SCSI bus just fine. But the CD-ROM will either not read a disk >at all, or will take a million years. I can only rarely get it to >boot on the CD-ROM, though it occasionally does. > >Should I just get a new one, or is there a trick I am missing? > >Lew
The Teac 516 is usually reliable as a refrigerator and very quick to respond (16x speed). Many of the PowerBases shipped with a Phillips as standards equipment. If the Teac is a replacement drive, check that the terminator jumper was removed. (it's found on the same string of jumpers as the ID jumpers (A0,A1,A2) and, if labelled, should read TE. SCSI voodoo is, well, voodoo. Cheers...Michael -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
