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From: Michael_H_Naber@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need help - problem with PL30 hard drive
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Date: 10 Apr 89 14:09:07 GMT
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James Moore asks:

> Strange problem:  when I power up my Mac plus, I've got to first turn
> on the Peripheral Land 30 hard drive and wait about ten seconds until
> I hear a chuga-chuga-chuga sound.  At that point I can turn on the Mac
> plus itself, and boot normally.  If I don't wait, and turn both on at
> the same time, the mac will fail to boot off the hard drive (just get
> a black grey screen).  This is absolutely consistent and always
> repeatable.  Any ideas?  I'm running finder 6.1 and system 6.0.2, and
> it's happened with all the other systems I've had on here.  Anyone
> have any idea why, and what I can do to fix it?

The problem here is not the PL30 drive, but the fact that James hasn't got
the latest ROMs in his Mac Plus.  These are available through your local
Apple dealer and the upgrade should be FREE (mine was).  I know this
works, as I have the same configuration.  Prior to the upgrade, the symptoms
on my system were exactly the same.  After, it no longer matters which is
turned on first.

Michael Naber