Going to get the caps replaced and we'll see what happens from there. Thanks Brian.
--Chad On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:22:28 AM UTC-5, Brian wrote: > > On 3/3/2013 8:29 PM, Chad Keck wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > I've just recently started collecting some vintage Macs and I ran into > > an issue and could use some help diagnosing. I've purchased two SE/30s > > now and one works flawlessly and the second one does as well, except > > for the HDD. I can boot up off the floppy properly into the OS but > > when I run the disk utility to initialize the disk for an install of > > the OS, it does not find any drives. Now admittidly, I'm not sure if > > I'm overlooking something but I seem to have looked through all the > > options and I did this on the other one without a problem. > > > > The HDD spins up so it's getting power. I've done two things: > > > > 1) I've replaced the cable then tested. Same thing. > > 2) I even placed in a half-height SCSI drive that I know works and > > nothing (there could be a clear compatibility issue here preventing > > this, not sure. Was just a test). > > > > Any thoughts or has anyone come across another way of diagnosing? > > Everything seems to run perfect otherwise so not sure if there is an > > issue on the board or with the IDE controller. Not sure where to go > > from here. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > > > Maybe the SCSI controller on-board is bad? Have you checked capacitors > on the system? How about terminators? > > I recall seeing testing procedures for this exact issue on a forum but > sadly, I cannot remember where. I'll have a peek and see if I can find > some more data.. > > Regards, > Brian > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
