I am in the process of trying to upgrade my MK2 unit with a pair of 60GB IBM Travelstar drives. Regardless of what I have tried, I cannot get the unit to recognize both drives when starting up, I constantly get the "No drives" error message.

I have followed the upgrade FAQ to the letter, and I performed the disk builder procedure on both drives, and applied the developer image to both drives as well (swapping each of them in and out of the unit individually).

Now, when I connect the first 60GB drive to the end of the cable (on the left as you face the unit) and then connect the second drive to the middle of the cable (right side as you face the unit) and jumper it slave according to IBM's documentation, the unit will not boot and does not recognize the drives. It appears that the master drive does not require a jumper in a dual-drive configuration. I even tried jumpering both as cable select, but that didn't work either (nor did I expect it to).

If I disconnect both drives, and try either of them one at a time at the end of the cable (left side, with no jumpers) the unit will boot normally and seems to be just fine.

If I re-connect the original drive as the master, and jumper one of the IBM drives as slave, and connect them both to the cable and try to boot, I get the same error message: "No drives found"

Therefore, all I can conclude is that I have a bad cable, and specifically, the "middle" connector perhaps? I see no visible signs of damage on the cable though.

Can anyone think of anything I am missing, or does it seem to be a bad cable?

Many Thanks,

Rob