Seagate ST32xxxN defective?

[dnelsonfl]

@leofoe,

What's the full model number of these harddrives? I'd suggest you go to Seagate's web site and search for information on your model. You can usually get yourself a pdf of the install instructions which covers some trouble shooting and jumper settings. I had a similar problem getting four Hawk ST32151N Seagate drives to work in my 3000. The problem was with some of the option jumpers, and I had to connect the drives to a PC and then low-level format them before the Amiga would recognize it and let me work with it. One of the four was just totally dead. When even the PC couldn't recognize it, I chucked it.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

@leofoe,

Yes, I have two ST32155N's working: one in a 3000 and one in an external SCSI enclosure connected to a 4000 thru a Fastlane. For a little while, I had both of them connected to the 3000 and they both worked fine together.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

@leofoe,

So at the moment we know the drives are definitely good. That is a good start. Now it's just a matter of convincing them to play nice with your Amiga...

The jumpers for your drives are all the same as the ones for my Hawk ST32 drive. Can you try just one of those drives in your Amiga to see if we can get it working? And if so then move on to the others? Set the SCSI ID jumpers so it's unique. Now on my drive, I have a jumper on "TE" (enable termination). I also have a jumper only on the "TP" next to "RES". The other "TP" is open. This sets it to Term power from drive.

There are many more options. I do not have jumpers on these: "DS", "WP", "PE". I have a jumper on "ME".

That is how the drive is working in the 3000 with termination.

Now if that works, and you want to add the second, all I did was remove the jumper on "TP" and "TE". Everything else stayed the same.

Hopefully this will get it going for you!

If you think you might have troubles/conflicts with external drives, try disconnecting them and properly terminating the external side so the HD in question is the only SCSI device.

-David