Re: GS + Apple 3.5 non-functional

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"Dave Althoff Jr" <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote in message
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> Bill Garber (willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net) wrote:
>
> : "Donald Bailey" <dbailey@nospam.inherentsys.ca> wrote in message
> : 1064938212.26452@simba.inherentsys.net">news:1064938212.26452@simba.inherentsys.net...
> : > I'm fortunate enough to have a ROM 01 GS, a couple of 5.25s and 3.5s.
> : > Worked great after getting some disk images transfered with the help
of a
> : > vintage Mac.
> : >
> : > I unhooked this thing to work on something else and didn't get back to
it
> : > for a few months.  When I set it back up neither of the 3.5" drives
would
> : > boot a disk.  The 5.25" drives work fine.
>
> : My suspicion would be that when they worked they were connected
> : properly and now are not. A 3.5" drive gets connected first, and then
> : the next 3.5" drive, and after that the 5.25" drives. The 5.25" drives
> : will work the other way 'round, but not the 3.5" drives. Also check the
> : Control Panel, holding OPTION on startup will get you there, to be sure
> : that you didn't set slot 5 for "Your Card". Check those two things and
if
> : that isn't it, get back to us.
>
> One more thing...
>
> You didn't 'hot plug' any of the drives, did you?  One false move
> hot-plugging the 3.5" drives...either connecting them to the computer, to
> each other, or to the 5.25 drives...and you can fry the controller chip in
> the drive that makes the daisy chaining work.  I don't remember the exact
> symptom of that problem, whether it is that the 3.5 fails to work, or if
> the 5.25 fails to work when connected through the 3.5...
>
> The same sort of thing that happens if you get the plug off by one pin in
> any direction with a Disk ][...
>
> --Dave Althoff, ][.

I thought about that too, but I figured it wasn't good to
create a panic in the guy before he tried something simple.
Besides, I have hot-plugged all of my drives to a smart port
and the only thing that happens is that nothing happens, but
it is not a good idea to do it. Always power-down to connect
or disconnect any device.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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