on 7/8/02 10:16 PM, Stephens David at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What do I need to do to get my S900 see my old CD-ROM > and my Yamaha? > > A few weeks back someone on the list mentioned using > their old CD-ROM with their new(er) CDRW as it was > handy burning a new disk from an old one without > having to copy to the hard drive first. I thought that > was a pretty good idea and stuck my old Matsu back in. > But when the extension icons march across the screen > at start up, Toast has a red "x" through it and CDs in > neither player show up. If I shut down, pull the power > connector off the back of the Matsushita and restart, > Toast loads and the Yamaha is happy. Perhaps I need to > relocate some jumper pins on the Matsu? All I did > originally was pull the Matsu and insert the Yamaha. > When I reinstalled the Matsu, I put it in a lower bay > but changed nothing else.
Hi Dave, I built up an S900 for a friend about a year ago, and I put an internal Yamaha 8424S in it for him. I left the original Matsushita in the top slot and mounted the Yamaha below. IntechCDSpeedTools became the CD driver and the SCSI address was changed to 4 for the CDRW, as the Matsushita remained 3 as it typically is. It works well, with no Toast problems. So, if your Yamaha and Matsushita are both set to ID3, then you'll have to change the jumper pins on the Yamaha to an unused SCSI ID. I suspect that's your problem, conflicting SCSI ID's. You'll want to pay attention to proper termination too. The last device, be it a hard drive or a CDRW, on the internal SCSI chain should have it's self-terminate pin in place. While all the devices in the SCSI chain before the last device should not be self-terminated. All the best, -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
