On 14 Sep. 1998 You Said
>If I try to boot with BIOS set as any of the order A,C,SCSI or SCSI,A,C or
>A,SCSI,C the loading stops after I get the SCSI info and the line for the
>IBM drive shows up with a blinking underscore cursor at the end of the line
>and no further activity.
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And David Replied
>  It sounds like the drive isn't spinning up.  So I'd first check the
>power connection to the drive -- yes, I have seen machines where
>power to the drive never got connected.  I would not put this and the
>WD drive on the same lead from the power supply....
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1st Guess: Auto Spin-Up Jumper isn't set correctly,
On IBM drives there is a jumper for setting the Auto Spin up, if this isn't
set then the drive will wait for a start command from the controller. You
have to be careful because on some IBM drives this Jumper is "Enable Auto
Spin-Up" and on others it's "Disable Auto Spin-Up"


2nd Guess: David is right


3rd Guess: What I would call a SCAT (SCSI Cabling And Termination)problem.
This sort of problem can drive you nuts. The errors are come in all sizes
and shapes, the wierdest one that happened to me was the computer booting,
Win 95 finding and installing a monitor, and the computer rebooting directly
afterwards, again and again. Check and then re-check the termination on all
devices.



Rick Swartz
PC-Support
Emission-Monitoring (Air)
BASF

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