At 12:48 PM -0400 8/14/02, the pickle wrote: >At 17:44 +0100 on 14/08/02, Kyle Kinsey wrote: > >>>Check the jumpers on the drive against the manufacturer's listed settings >>>and >>>see if there's something weird enabled. >> >>and for reference what shoudl and what should not be set for use on macs? >> >>One of the drives (that i found the spec for ) has the following >> >>Terminator Power * 2 (to set either Drive Supplies Bus, Drive >>Supplies Own, or >>Bus Supplies Drive) >>Enable T-Res
If it's THE drive in your system it should normally have the Termination enabled and drive supply power. Check the instructions for whether the jumper needs to be inserted to enable termination. > > >>Start Delay (12 secs * ID) >>Motor Start >>Parity Enable >>Write Protect >> >>I'd guess that termination need enabling but which type? and also >>"motor start" > >Motor start should be jumped and start delay should NOT. These jumpers are often configured so that normal use (Start motor and no delay) requires no jumpers (saves the cost of installing jumpers). Check the drives documentation for what an inserted jumper does. > >The rest can probably be left alone. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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
