internal scsi termination 50 pin/68pin problem

paynito yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 21:52:20 -0500


the quantum drive is an internal
(ultra 3= scsi 2=68 pin)
while my pmac 9500 
seems built for narrow scsi 1
the sys original hdd is of course
terminated and seems to have no option
to turn off termination
i.e. i can't take an 8100 hdd
and daisy chain it inside the 9500
--
are you saying to
get a 25 pin passive terminator, connect
it to the outside of my box and this
will provide termination to a drive on
the internal scsi chain?
--
it seemed to me like the apple cdrom
was terminating itself, the apple hdd
was terminating itself and the external
hdd was then being terminated by an active
connector, like there were 3 different chains
--
i just thought if the apple drive was
terminated that placing the quantum drive
one connector above the apple drive
would have it on a terminated chain
but drive setup doesn't see it
--
thanks to anyone who can provide
some scsi advice
-brandon


>> hey sloopy i have a quantum atlas v
>> with no onboard termination
>> for my 9500/132 sonnet g4/1mb
>> really want to make this drive work
>> my ydl 3.01 is on external scsi that crashes all the time
>> any ideas
>> something called a terminator cable?
>> 
>> -brandon
> you need a terminator, an external one, you can find them on the net for
> $3-25US try and find one on the cheaper side and put it on there...
> preferably a 'passthrough' terminator, dont get an active terminator...
> 
> sloopy.