When this happened to my Starmax, it was simply a loose connection at the hard drive. I removed the drive cable and power connection and re plugged them. Probably should do this on each end of the drive cable.
Harry Henning [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: StarMax List <[email protected]> > To: StarMax List <[email protected]> > Date: 9/6/2005 12:32:33 PM > Subject: StarMax Digest #964 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: is it toast? > Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:30:01 +0000 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] st.net> > > My Starmax 3000/160 has died, I think. It cannot connect to the hard drive. It flashes a green light under the drive while the question mark appears on the monitor. I can open with the CD but disk repair tells me there is no hard drive. When I check the system profiler it also says no hard drive mounted. This was a sudden occurrence, no warning. One minute it is working, the next, nothing. I have all the data backed up on a La Cie external hard drive. The only reason I have kept the machine at all is because my wife has years of school stuff (she's a middle school teacher) on it. She got a Dell laptop because that is more compatible with school machines but, of course, all the data was formatted on the Starmax. The problem now is that the La Cie has a SCSI connection and the way she had been transferring data was with a USB jump drive. I put USB ports on the Starmax so she could transfer directly. She can access the data on the La Cie and revise things, but now there is no way of transferring it since the Starmax doesn't recognize the jump drive and the La Cie has no USB connection. I have made the La Cie the start up disk so she can at least look at her files. She, my wife, is maddenly procastinating when it comes to computer 'things to do". > Anyway, I have taken the cover off the Starmax (that's how I noticed the green light in sync with the question mark), and did a long needed cleaning. My question is this. I noticed two harnesses, one marked P3 and the other marked P8. neither is attached to anything. A harness marked P4 is plugged into the back of the CD-Rom drive, and another marked P5 is plugged into the back of the hard drive. Question, should these other two be plugged in or are they just there for options I did not get? Also, is there anyway to make a USB port for the La Cie external hard drive. At least then she could transfer her data from the back up. Thanks. > > Jim Scarborough Kirk > End of StarMax List Digest #964 > ******************************* -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
