I got a Color Classic today that wouldn't power on. I fixed the mother board; then I got a reddish hue issue that went away with adjusting the internal controls.
Throughout, the internal HD didn't seem to work. I took it out and put an 80mb Maxtor that I knew worked in its place and got a striction sound upon startup. I tested both in an enclosure with the CC and both worked fine. Disk First Aid and Apple HD SC (unpatched) don't register the drive at all, though I can hear it power up at startup. SCSI Probe (4.3) might be recognizing something at ID0; it shows a black dot that it says means "No Data". So the two issues are (on the stock IBM 80mb drive) some data problem, and on the Maxtor something potentially more serious. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
[i just found this https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25863-color-classic-scsi-issues/ , though not really similar, and a passive pass-through terminator has no effect.]
My hands are cut up already and I don't relish replacing the internal cables. I feel like that will take days (or at least a full actual day) and may not be the issue. Any thoughts?
Throughout, the internal HD didn't seem to work. I took it out and put an 80mb Maxtor that I knew worked in its place and got a striction sound upon startup. I tested both in an enclosure with the CC and both worked fine. Disk First Aid and Apple HD SC (unpatched) don't register the drive at all, though I can hear it power up at startup. SCSI Probe (4.3) might be recognizing something at ID0; it shows a black dot that it says means "No Data". So the two issues are (on the stock IBM 80mb drive) some data problem, and on the Maxtor something potentially more serious. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
[i just found this https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25863-color-classic-scsi-issues/ , though not really similar, and a passive pass-through terminator has no effect.]
My hands are cut up already and I don't relish replacing the internal cables. I feel like that will take days (or at least a full actual day) and may not be the issue. Any thoughts?
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