Ah, sorry about the top-posting thing, i thought that it was
customary to post on the bottom (we had a big debate on this in the
iMac LEM list). Anyway, the deal with the hard drive is as follows.
I REMOVED the internal drive from the LC III, then I put it into an
external SCSI box. I connected the SCSI box to my LC 520. (I wanted
to copy files form one drive to the other). I turned OFF the LC 520,
but forgot to turn off the SCSI box that contained the LC III's
INTERNAL hard drive.
Hopefully that is clear... I'm not sure how else to say it.
Now, that was left on ALL WEEK, causing that drive to die. Now, the
LC III won't boot, even with another hard drive on the internal SCSI
cable. With an external SCSI drive, it boots fine.
Kyle-
On Aug 18, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Samual Acorn wrote:
....top posting fixed?
ok.. confused... how would leaving an external harddrive turned on
keep the internal turned on... arent the power and data cables
seperate?? if the internal was left spinning (powered) by the power
supply in the external box and the scsi bus on this comp still works i
would check the power cable...
or... is it the external that is damaged from being left on for a
week? (that -still- shouldnt have been a problem... the drive would
have just sat idle)
either you arent wording this correctly or i have completely jumped
the tracks on this one cos i am lost...
On 18/08/05, Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Aug 18, 2005, at 3:10 AM, Samual Acorn wrote:
(top posting fixed)
On 15/08/05, Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All
I asked about networking my old LCs together a little while
earlier.
Well, now the LC III's hard drive died. I had it in an external
box
to copy some info to a Performa, and I accidently left it on for a
week straight. Anyway, now the LC III won't boot. I have put the
drive from my LC 520 (7.5.3) in the III, and it refuses to boot -
just the ? . However, if I put the good drive in an external SCSI
box, and then power on the LC with no internal drive, it will work
just fine.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Kyle-
bad internal cable? bad scsi termination?
try zapping the pram and see what it does... option-apple-p-r on
power
up... (i think thats the right key-sequence)
btw, left it on as in powered on? (that shouldnt have caused any
problems) or left it on as in connected? (that shouldnt have
either... but...)
Well, i tried the PRAM , that didn't help. I'm not sure how you
would terminate the internal drive... its the only drive in there.
The drive died because I put it in an external SCSI box to copy some
files, but when I finished with the computer, I forgot to turn off
the external box, and the drive ended up being left on for a full
week, while the computer was shut down.
Kyle-
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