[rescue] more C200 info

[Big Endian]

>  > >  > >  > ok... solved my own problem.  Its the ... internal 
>drive bay board
>>  >>  >>  that connects the drives to the scsi bus among other 
>>things.  I guess
>>  >>  >>  I'll have to use external drives from now on.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  >Are you using HVD drives?
>>  >>
>>  >>  C200 is UW SE, drive is UW SE.
>>  >
>>  >I was thinking your problem may have been trying to use HVD
>>  >drives from an older Cxx0 workstation.  Since that's out,
>>  >never mind.
>>  >
>>  >What problem are you seeing with the internal drive bay board?
>>
>>  The machine fails to see the drives connected to it but the external
>>  ports work just grand.  I have a 9 gig disk attached via internal
>>  wide scsi ribbon and running the powercable from the drive bay out
>>  the front and both meet at the drive ontop of the case.  I have a
>>  Ricoh 4x4x20 burner in a 411 case attached to the F/N scsi bus.
>>  Neither bus seemed to work on the internal bays, but at least the F/N
>>  bus worked SOMETIMES.
>
>Do all the front panel controls work?

Power works, thats all I've tried so far.  My suspicion is that the 
board is flexed.

>One thing you might try is to pull everything apart and check
>the drive bay connectors on both sides are clean and show no
>damage.  If they look fine, check the cables.

I was on my third set of cables before I did this external hack. 
I'll double check to make sure nothing is damaged, but I think I'll 
need a new board.

daniel
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