My Reply follows quote. On 10/05/2004 17:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >On Mon, 10 May 2004 18:55:16 -0500 >Doug Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> However, when I then connect the CD-ROM drive to a Mac SE/30 running >> 7.5.5 using the DB25 to C50 cable no CD pops up on the desktop. I >> then tried the drive with a regular SE and then on a Classic. The SE >> and Classic were running 7.0.1 and neither indicated they were seeing >> the CD. >> >> I then began to suspect the cable, so I plugged the drive intoa Power >> Mac 7300. Doing so causes the computer to lockup after it gets to the >> desktop. On the compact Macs and the Powerbook I had the drive setup >> as device #3. Since the PM already has an internal SCSI CD on #3, I >> set the 300e to #5. > >Yes, all SCSI devices on the same bus must have different IDs. The fact >that there was a conflict, though, suggests to me that the computer was >seeing the external drive fine, so maybe the cable is not the problem. > >This suggests that you might be missing the Apple CD driver on the other >systems. But did the drive work on the 7300 (which probably already has >the driver installed, if it has an internal CD drive)? > >If the drive still doesn't work on the 7300, though, then I'd probably >start to suspect the cable too. Check the pins on the 25-pin end -- I've >seen these bent or broken off occasionally. > >-- Michael --------- In addition to making sure that all SCSI devices have different IDs, make sure that you have a terminator in the external drive.
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