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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 16:43:54
Ok, so the other day i went to format my PB145B's 160 meg SCSI HD and reload it with System 7.1. I got all my stuff off it, and booted off the Disk Tools floppy. Anyway, it said it couldn't find a SCSI device. Anyone know whats up? I've checked termination and SCSI ID nubmers and all the crap, and now i'm stuffed...i'll try using Drive Setup...that usually works when Apple HDSC fails."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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tomlee59
Starting Member
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 17:30:14
Termination and scsi id? That's not an internal drive?If it *is* internal, do *not* use an external terminator! The 145 can't supply termination power. The internal drives are terminated with a special low-power resistor array. If it is an external drive, then just be sure that it is set up to supply termination power, as well as being terminated. You need both. 
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 19:41:06
Its an internal drive. When i was talking about SCSI IDs and termination, i meant checking my PowerCD, which is an external drive. Thanks for your help, anyway...i didn't know that."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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68kMLA
Official 68kMLA Detective
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pbcollector
Starting Member
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 21:31:17
You might have a non-Apple ROM SCSI drive, in which case System 7.1's vanilla HD SC won't recognize it. It shouldn't be too difficult to hunt down the patched HD SC Setup 7.3.5 and see if that will recognize the drive.Otherwise, you can format it using a third-party utility (Silverlining, FWB's, Anubis, etc.) What does the disk drive icon look like? If it's not the Vanilla Apple one, then that's another clue that this might be a non-Apple ROM drive you are dealing with. The termination and SCSI ID's on most 2.5" SCSI disks inside these PowerBooks can't be changed/modified - the 6 pins that select IDs are blocked by the connector/cable that goes to the motherboard.
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 05:10:09
Don't worry guys...i figured it out....the PowerCD isn't bootable, i ended up getting out my AppleCD 300 and hooking it up. Anyway, i formatted the drive and loaded it with 7.1, and......the damn drive died!  Well at least i think its died, anyway. When i get some spare time i'll have to try and sort it out.btw, pbcollector, it was an Apple ROM drive...it was a stock mechanism from a PB180c, and it had the Apple ROM stickers and stuff on it. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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68kMLA
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Alb2550
Starting Member
25 Posts |
Posted - 24 Nov 2003 : 20:17:37
Mmm Vanilla...
/me droolsAlb_2550@hotmail.com
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Screwy SCSI on PowerBook 145B
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