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A3000 & IBM Hard disc problem I have just been given an IBM WDS3100 100Mb SCSI hard drive by a friend. The hard drive came from an IBM PS2, and has OS/2 installed on it. I already have a Quantum LP52S in my A3000 and had a Quantum Pro 40 in the second bay. I want to replace the Pro 40 with the IBM. I removed the Pro 40. Rebooted and ran HDToolbox to inform the system of the removal of the old drive. Set the IBM drive to SCSI ID 6 (the same as the old Pro 40) and installed it. Restarted the machine, and when I run HDToolbox, it locks up when trying to access SCSI ID 6. I have tried various other SCSI IDs but if I choose anything other than 6 the machine refuses to boot at all. I have also tried putting the two drives on the two possible SCSI connectors and terminating one, the other and both with no change whatsoever. I have looked at the Quantum drives and both have two sets of jumper blocks, one marked A0, A1, A2 for the SCSI ID, and one marked WS, EP, SS, which I have no idea of the function (both drives are set on EP). The IBM drive has just one jumper block marked, X X M X 3 2 1. The 3,2,1 jumpers are for SCSI ID, The M jumper is default closed, and if removed the drive doesn`t even power up, and the other three (Marked X) are default open and I presume have no function. Has anybody else encountered this problem or a similar one, or does anyone currently have an IBM WDS3100 working in an A3000 ? If I am doing something stupid I would appreciate any pointers to overcome this most annoying problem. Thanks in advance. Paul Gregory.