Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!udel!mmdf From: thywiss@csvax.cs.ukans.edu (John A. Thywissen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hard Drive Advice Message-ID: <14347@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 30 Apr 89 19:11:41 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 17 SCSI Hard drive problem: Drive will not operate (not even power up on some drives), and **Drive activity light does not track controller's light**. ^^^^^^ This is the giveaway. Possible Cause: SCSI cable UPSIDE-DOWN or cable cabled backwards. Note: Manufacturers have a helova time debugging this. --John Thywissen ------- John A. Thywissen 1122 West Campus Rd. Rm. 213 Senior, University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045-8081 Dept. of Computer Science (913) 864 2646 Amiga Developer/Guru