[rescue] more C200 info

[Eric Dittman]

> >  > >  > 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?

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.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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