Re: SmartPort Problem

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <sjGibiO00YUy545p1N@andrew.cmu.edu>,
Arthur T. Gola <ag4e+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Thank-you for your help with my smarttport problem...I have tried both
> the 3.5" and 5.25" drives seperately, and here is what happens..the
> 5.25" still boots, and works fine if it is the only one hooked up to the
> smartport, however, if it is in a chain, from the 3.5" drives, it just
> spins for ever and ever....

Did you try each 3.5" drive separately (only connected drive), and
they both failed in the same way?  I will assume this is what
happened.

This is certainly an odd problem.

It could still be a fault in the motherboard (some signals on the
connector are only used by 3.5" drives).  If not, then both 3.5"
drives have a fault.

The non-operation of the 5.25" drive when daisy chained from the 3.5"
drive might be a side-effect of a motherboard fault, but a fault in
the 3.5" drive seems more likely in this case.

> I have a superdrive 3.5" drive from apple I have been using as a regualr
> 3.5", could I possibly buy a FDHD card, and us that to replace my
> smartport with my other regualr 3.5" drive and my 5.25"?

You can't connect the 5.25" drive to the SuperDrive card.  You'd have
to leave it connected to the IIgs disk port.  Otherwise, you should be
able to connect both 3.5" drives to the SuperDrive card (assuming they
aren't faulty).

I suggest you try both 3.5" drives on another machine, if possible.
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand