> snip > The CD-ROM has a small 2 pin jumper on the Termination Power. Could this be > the problem? There is also a 4 pin jumper for the "parity" and "sector size." > /snip
Umax clones should all supply termination power to the bus: <http://www.lowendmac.com/tech/termination.shtml> Seagate recommends that you set termination power to "From the Bus" for all your SCSI devices. <http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/install_mac.html> You don't want your devices supplying termination power "to the bus". When I say that you need to turn off termination power, what I mean is that you should set your hard drive and CD-ROM so that they are not supplying termination power to the bus. Try using Google to locate your CD-ROM's and your hard drive's configuration page that describes what all the jumpers on your hard disk do in detail. Parity is error checking for your SCSI bus, and I strongly recommend that you enable it on all your devices. It should be enabled by default on everything, so no jumper changes are usually required. I'm not quite sure what sector size on a CD-ROM does, but on hard drives it's fairly important to have 512 byte sectors before most computers can read/write/format them. Try that one in both positions, it may be your problem. When you're making boot floppies, ensure that you have the correct System Enabler in the System Folder of the disk. Often times you won't be able to get any Power Macintosh to boot under 7.x without the appropriate enabler. Since both the S900 and the J700 use the Storm Surge motherboard, based from the PM 9500, I suggest using Google to locate the right System Enabler for a Power Macintosh 9500 and using that one. -Drew B -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
