Subject: Re: RamFAST Troubles Path: lobby!newstf02.news.aol.com!portc03.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!205.197.251.110!dca1-hub1.news.digex.net!digex!cyclone.swbell.net!typhoon01.swbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <36DC948B.760E5730@swbell.net> From: Rubywand Reply-To: rubywand@swbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 References: <020319990927311318%ab3189@evomer.wayne.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 57 Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 19:46:51 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.193.9.188 X-Complaints-To: abuse@swbell.net X-Trace: typhoon01.swbell.net 920425599 207.193.9.188 (Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:46:39 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 17:46:39 PDT Organization: SBC Internet Services "Charles A. Plater" writes ... > > I just got a brand spanking new RamFAST w/ 1Mb cache from Sequential -- > and I'm having a problem. I installed the card in slot 7 of my ROM 03 > GS which only has one other card, a GS Juice memory card. And I > connected an APS hard drive to the card. When I turned on the GS, all > I got was the copyright screen, and it was frozen there, I couldn't do > anything (no cda access, etc), and if I try to reboot w/ a 3 finger > salute, the screen goes to black background w/ white lettering and is > frozen there - another reboot try does nothing. Thinking it might have > been a problem w/the drive, I tried attaching my Zip drive, with a Zip > disk in the drive, same thing. Now I assumed that it was a bad power > supply/mother board in the GS, so I grabbed a ROM 01 machine that I > have lying around, same thing there. I even let it sit for about 10 > minutes this morning while I was getting ready for work, and it never > got past the copyright screen. What's going wrong? Did I do > something? Here are some things you can check ... 1. All of the Apple SCSI drivers have been removed from SYSTEM/DRIVERS of the boot volume and the ramfast.driver file placed there. 2. In the Control Panel "Slots" settings, Slot 7 is set to "Your Card". 3. Your hard disk has termination resistance set to ON. It seems to be important to power ON the hard drive (or Zip Drive or CD-ROM) a few seconds before powering ON the IIgs. Also, if you want to use your 3.5" drives, you should have a readable diskette in Slot 5, Drive 1 at the time of turning ON the computer. Otherwise, your 3.5" drives may not be properly recognized. (Most of the time, they will be whether or not a diskette is present. This may partly relate to having an accelerator installed. Anyway, a diskette forces detection.) > Should I contact Sequential, and try to get a replacement? You may want to ask Tony Diaz at Sequential if there is anything special about connecting to your particular hard disk. > Please e-mail me, as I haven't had time to catch up to the ng yet, and > I'd like to get this thing going ASAP. .... Okay; an email copy will be sent. Rubywand