As I stated in a previous posting I am in no way any kind of electrician,
electronics guru, hardware genius and so on.......
I purchased a "new" (refurbished) ST136475LW 36gb disc drive and tried
installing it only to get the same problems -- wouldn't boot up with this
drive in the box.
After discussing the problem with Jim @ Cypress Tech in Florida I brought
up the topic of the blown mini-tower (which I had disconnected from the
917LX.)
Jim asked me if I had terminated the scsi connection on the 917LX.
Huh? "Um, er, no, I don't think so." was my response.
He immediately retorted "That's why it's not working!"
So I reconnected the scsi cable to the blown mini-tower and the 917LX.
Then I restarted the box with the ST136475LW drive in it and what do you
know? -- the system rebooted ok. Ran ODE/MAPPER and the new drive was
reported by Mapper. As they say, the rest is history...
Did a reload/install, started up the system and added the new drive
via Volutil. Went into sysgen and changed the product id of the drive from the
old ST19171N to the new ST136475LW. Made a new sysgen tape.
Currently I am in the middle of doing a full system restore from my backup
tapes.
I want to give *major* kudos to Jesse Dougherty and Jim @ Cypress
Technology in Florida for all the help they gave me in solving this problem.
I guess this now qualifies me for the "Knuckleheads-R-Us" club......
Brian Donaldson.
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:17:02 -0400, Brian Donaldson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>The system doesn't have ears but I do.........
>
>The noise is unbearable. It's louder than the home theater system, that's
how
>loud it is.......
>
>You would think there was a vehicle in the apartment constantly revving its
>engine, that's how loud it is.
>
>It's so loud the HP3000 box is vibrating......
>
>Anyway, with this drive installed I tried to boot up the box. No go.
>Won't even boot up, either from the primary or alternate path. When I try to
>boot from the alternate path (DDS-3 tape drive) the tape drive isn't even
>recognized. Checked all the cables and everything seems to be in place
>correctly.
>
>I have another disc drive, a Fujitsu LVD 68 pin (Model MAJ3364MP). Was told
>this is an SE drive. It is a very quiet drive, but just like the ST136475 the box
>won't boot up, either from the primary or alternate paths.......
>
>I was told that both of these drives are Scsi SE drives, maybe they are not?
>
>Maybe the fact that they are 68 pin drives may be a problem because they
>are connected to the 50 pin scsi cable in the box via a scsi 50 pin to 68 pin
>adapter....?
>
>So getting the 6000 mini towered repaired or replaced may be the real
>solution.........
>
>Thanks to all who responded......
>
>Brian.
>
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