CompuServe Messages

Thanks for all the info! The drive came with the row of resistors right behind the connector just as you stated. It also came with a mounting rail kit for use in a 5.25" bay and more jumpers than I could ever need! I don't know if it's okay to plug a company here so let it suffice to say that if you are in the market for a new hard drive, I recommend the company that has won CShopper's Best Buy Award every year since 1988 (Off the box now). I have one question related to your message…when I had the terminating resistors installed, the drives did not seem to work correctly. Since removing them, both drives appear to be running hot, straight and normal…does the end connector on the ribbon header somehow provide termination? This would be contrary to all that I've read over the years. No, I don't have any special resistor pack on either drive connector as you described. Since this didn't seem right to me, I took the Maxtor off the controller card and checked it and, sure enough, it's termination resistors are not there…. So, I have both drives up and running and neither has terminating resistors installed and all seems to be working properly except that now I must figure out how to make the drives smart about which is to be the boot drive upon startup…I think there is contention at power-up now which is resolved by immediately using the three finger salute (CTRL-LAMIGA-RAMIGA) to proceed with a normal boot process. Happy New Year! //daniel on autopilot in paradise \X/ powered by intel and motorola