Hi,
I'm trying to get an S900 running, picked up from eBay. All seems to be okay, with the exception of a couple of drives.
First off, it's running OS 9.1, and about 100mb RAM (will put in more when I'm past the drive issue). I'll do the 9.2.2 upgrade after I'm past this problem.
You'll need help to get 9.2.2 on the S900. I think the package is called OS 9 Helper.
The internal 2-gig drive is okay. That's where the good news end.
I'm trying to get a Seagate "big foot" external hooked up to it, but it loses the driver every time I shut down the computer. I have to manually update it through Drive Setup, restart, and it shows up again. What would cause that and how do I get rid of the problem?
I don't know what would cause that, but I would try a low level format and see if it makes a difference. Are you useing the copy of Drive Setup which came with OS 9.1? Weird problems like the one you describe are usually caused by using a formatting utility which is out of date for the OS with which it is being used. If you have something like an up to date copy of HD SpeedTools you might try that. They had a downloadable limited time copy available. You might give that a try. If it solves your problem, that's a clue. Oh, <http://www.intechusa.com>
I'm also trying to get an IBM fast/narrow installed and can't figure the jumpers out. There is nothing on the drive to indicate what pins are for what SCSI positions. If anybody knows this sort of thing, please advise.
Your drive may be too old, but maybe not. Try this <http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/table.htm> and see if your drive model is listed. If so, you should be able to get the jumper diagram from links on that page.
If you have one of the old IBM drives that looks like a block of ribbed steel with a partial orange plastic wrapper, then you may have one of the drives which has no provision for internal termination. Those drives shipped with a 50 pin pass-through terminator, but most of them you'll find these days were separated from their terminator long ago.
I'm also going to install a new 10K ultra2 drive on this thing. Any recommendations on a SCSI card to go along with it? At the beginning I'll just use an 80-50 adapter straight, or 80-68 adapter with U/W card.
Personally, I avoid 80 pin drives as more trouble than they're worth. They almost always cause termination issues unless the user is very skillful or the drive happens to be the terminated one at the end of the chain.
As to a SCSI card, it depends on your needs. If you want a card which is very dependable and compatible in the S900 get an Adaptec 2940UW. However, I do not believe those are OSX compatible.
If all this is successful, I'll have about 65gb of storage, though operating at different speeds. If more is needed, I'll go the Acard/133 route and add an IDE drive.
It would probably be cheaper in the long run. Certainly easier....
Jeff Walther
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