Doug: Thanks- Termination was my first guess too- I tried changing that, then cracked the case and looked for any weird jumper settings- no luck- in fact, have tried it w/ everything removed from the scsi chain (internal and external) - except the zip- and still the same non- boot, terminated or non- terminated
would love to hear your 2nd guess- or any others! Jim > My first guess is termination. The zip drive or at least the > external cable will need to have termination. > >> Just had my external zip drive become "invisible" >> >> or more exactly- the system won't boot if the zip is attached and powered- >> all I get is a frozen, grey screen- if I restart w/ the zip unpowered, all >> is fine- >> >> I have a sm 5000/225, w/ G3 card >> >> after a few days of tech support, trying everything I can think of, etc, >> >> The "consensus" seems to be that the db-25 connector card has died. >> (on one side it has the female external db-25 plug, and on the inside is the >> 50 pin scsi cable connector- both are attached to a small circuit board) >> >> All my internal scsi devices work fine on the same cable, (which plugs into >> the motherboard)- >> >> any thoughts on this one..... >> >> thanks- >> >> Jim C >> -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
