| From: | Andrew Crowe |
| Date: | 1 May 2001 at 21:17:35 |
| Subject: | Re: How I love my SCSI life.... |
Hi Everybody,
>> Also even if the ide interface doesn't get going the hard disk
>> should still spin up normally, not make strange clicking noises.
>
> Reread the original mail.
>
> "When I try to boot with the SCSI HD installed, my main IDE drive
> just clicks a few times and then stops, although its motors whirr
> away nicely."
>
> In other works, the drive powers up but nothing happens. That sounds
> like the interface to me rather than the drive.
I dunno, I was interpreting the clicks as a not-usual clicky noise, if
my drives low on power it makes a clunk noise a couple of times,
indicating to me that the damn power cord's loose again
>> All in all it seems to be something more complex then just jumper
>> mis-config, after all when my BPPC's scsi cable broke the cd-rom
>> didn't work, (it constantly brought up a "phase mis-match error"
>> and didn't appear on WB) but the IDE interface still worked
>
> To get as far as that error, the controller must have been able to
> recognise the drive. An ID clash wouldn't let you get that far.
Well, I guess the Cyberstorm SCSI controler could, but surely it would
not only stop the IDE i/face working but stop the amiga booting full
stop?
Or is that what happens?
> It's about eliminating possible causes. It's easy to change a couple
> of SCSI IDs to test this. What would you suggest doing instead,
> buying another IDE drive just to see if it works?
New HD? Sounds good to me ;)
See ya :)
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