Re: Apple IIgs Advanced Disk Utility Wont Detect Hard Drive

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <cbe818d9-7b69-4462-90f7-972cd095f2f1@googlegroups.com>,
Tempest  <reichert2084@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:07:50 AM UTC-5, Mark Frischknecht wrote:
>> Aslo many 'Newer' scsi drives have termination installed on the drive 
>> which can be turned on with a jumper.
>
>Yeah that must be it.  I just plugged in my old HD to get a few files
>off and it wouldn't boot until the terminator was put back on.  So the
>old drive needs the terminator while the new drive does not.

Look for three resistor packs near the 50-pin connector.  On most drives,
they'll pull out fairly easily if you don't want termination on the drive. 

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