On Oct 25, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Dan wrote:
>> My basic question is do I still have to follow the old SCSI power-on
>> sequence, or is the G5's mobo & SIIG PCI SATA card OK if the
>> external drives are powered on/off whilst the G5 is running?
>
> SATA *can be* hot swappable, IF the controller and d
At 10:48 AM +0100 10/25/2008, Ted Treen wrote:
>I have, in the 90's, seen mobo's fried due to the switching on/off
>of attached SCSI devices whilst the Mac was running. I was almost
>obsessive about the sequence - power up SCSI device, power up Mac,
>and in reverse, power down Mac, then switch
Hi all,
A (hopefully simple) question - rooted in my previous SCSI paranoia.
I have, in the 90's, seen mobo's fried due to the switching on/off of
attached SCSI devices whilst the Mac was running. I was almost obsessive
about the sequence - power up SCSI device, power up Mac, and in reverse,
