Concorde1993
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I picked up another IIfx a couple of weeks back. Motherboard is in decent shape (all original caps) and it came with 20 megs of RAM.
Couple of things:
(1) The power switch in the back doesn't seem to work - more on that later
(2) The IIfx came with the HD carrier/sled for 5.25" drives, not the usual 3.5" - which is why I am using my trusty Seagate ST-225N in its 20SC enclosure running 6.0.8
Everytime I power up the IIfx, I'm greeted with this dialogue box at the desktop:
Now I can access all of the contents on the ST-225N, and it seems to work perfectly fine considering its over 35+ years old. I never had this issue with it when I ran it with my Plus and SE, so I'm curious as to why the IIfx sees my 20MB ST-225N as a large volume that's over 4GB in storage. Is there anyway to fix this?
The other issue I'm having is the IIfx doesn't always shut down automatically, and I'm prompted to turn off the computer manually as I would a Compact Mac. The power switch doesn't seem to do anything - is this a sign of failing caps or a worn out power switch? My other IIfx never exhibited this problem.
Here's a pic of the Finder:
Couple of things:
(1) The power switch in the back doesn't seem to work - more on that later
(2) The IIfx came with the HD carrier/sled for 5.25" drives, not the usual 3.5" - which is why I am using my trusty Seagate ST-225N in its 20SC enclosure running 6.0.8
Everytime I power up the IIfx, I'm greeted with this dialogue box at the desktop:
Now I can access all of the contents on the ST-225N, and it seems to work perfectly fine considering its over 35+ years old. I never had this issue with it when I ran it with my Plus and SE, so I'm curious as to why the IIfx sees my 20MB ST-225N as a large volume that's over 4GB in storage. Is there anyway to fix this?
The other issue I'm having is the IIfx doesn't always shut down automatically, and I'm prompted to turn off the computer manually as I would a Compact Mac. The power switch doesn't seem to do anything - is this a sign of failing caps or a worn out power switch? My other IIfx never exhibited this problem.
Here's a pic of the Finder:
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