You may recognize the subject from the MacWorld Forums... After R&R on a PRAM battery*... Hooked up a 40Mb external SCSI drive, just to see what it had on it, to a Quadra 650 that already had 2 (zip, CDRom) externals on the chain, Quadra wouldn't boot (disk w/?).
Disconnected all peripherals and it booted fine. Hooked up each device individually, no problem booting with the zip; no problem booting with the CDRom; got the disk/? on boot with the HDD. Now, without any peripherals there's a disk/? on boot. Reset the PRAM, can boot from OS CD using external Rom; install is attempted booting with an 'Install me first' floppy. Problem is the internal HD is nowhere to be found ~ Disk First Aid and SCSI Set Up can't find the internal HD either... The only thing moved was the ram, to get to the battery. When the top of the battery cage (pain in the arse) was removed the whole board moved ~ not much though (maybe I heard it squeek). The brick (third device) has a push button SCSI ID selector. The terminator (removed from the CD) was good. After the first failure I switched to a known good cable. Planed on using the external brick (w/pwr supply(s), & fan*) to R&R the 40Mb for 1Gb... figured the 40 was old (potentially dead) ~ didn't anticipate it taking out the Quadra's 500Mb internal... Can anyone offer ideas of what can be done??? Didn't find anything in the FAQ or jagshouse, then again, I'm not sure what I'm looking for... greatful *Would it have booted after changing the battery if the battery had been installed incorrectly??? If memory serves, it did boot after changing the battery before any external devices were added. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
