>Other comments on this list seem to suggest putting the firewire card >in slot 1. start with that.
OK, I'll give it a try. >Your internal drive should have its own >terminator resistors (really old) or a TE (terminate enable) jumper. >I assume your syquest and zip are external. If so, the zip has a >terminate switch as well. I'll assume that I am covered then, since I have not turned off any jumper that would be on. > The firewire drive is a completely >different interface and has nothing to do with your internal SCSI and >its termination. Good to know. That system seems fine then. >You say installers are saying files are corrupt. >When did you last rebuild your desktop and do you have frequent >crashes? Have you run test utilities on your internal drive? I have rebuilt the desktop recently. Yes, I do have frequent crashes. I am afraid to defragment the disks, though they are not even terribly fragmented, since it might not get through it. Norton seems to think the disks are all fine, all the time. I wonder if it is either a problem with the Firewire, or a bus speed problem, since it predates the Firewire a bit, to have crashes. Last thing would be that it has some problem that I used to hear called a "system heap overrun", though I don't know if that is still relevant. I suspect that since it occurs with programs that use a lot of finder resources, like: Eudora mailboxes, Database programs that write directly to the file, like PowerOn's Contacts Or Quicken, in several versions, Printing on the network at the same time as being online. Conflict Catcher 8 recommends turning off extensions that use too much memory, but they are generally ones that I need. These problems predate the Firewire card. However, the corrupt resources is new. I was unable to install one program, Quicken 2002, until I installed on another computer onto a zip disk, then ran the update onto the zip, and then copied it over to my hard drive. Even if I unplug the Firewire drive, I still had problems installing anything on the internal drive. the card was still in the slot though. Is the slot 1 the one on the top? I am exhausted with it and looking at a new G4 DP machine as my salvation. I appreciate any tips... Lew -- Lew Mills, PhD 415-550-7672 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
