HDToolbox Locks up

[yogisumo]

Had a similar problem with CSPPC and a WD LVD SCSI drive.  I had to set the drive to SE mode, no U160 because it wasn't communicating properly with the CSPPC SCSI ( HDToolbox would lock up ).  

With 8 bit SCSI devices on the bus, I had to set the CSPPC boot menu settings to 8 bit.  

With newer drives and old controllers, it seems that there can be some scsi negotiation issues.  Of course you also need to ensure that termination and cable lengths are proper.

[yogisumo]

The "8 bit thing" is only when my cd burner and cdrom are on the bus.  Once I put a 68 bit active terminator on both ends of the bus, I can run reset the boot rom to 16 bit.  Otherwise, hdtoolbox would lock up. Drove me nuts...  

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