External cable gone bad? Do you have any other external devices? Can you borrow one? Of course it wouldn't be caused by 2 devices "sharing" SCSI IDs 5 or 6, right? David
--On Tue, Oct 9, 2001 6:05 PM +0000 JIm Crick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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> > -- 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>
