VAXstation II, now different problem

Hi, I _THINK_ I found the problem that I was having. It appears that the HD cables weren't attached, only the power (weird that). Just prior to this I found out about the LED counter on the back of the unit and found that it was sitting on "1" despite the fact the counter on the screen was "2". According to the Hardware manual this means that the bootstrap device might not contain bootable system software. OK, now I've got the HD plugged in and am hoping things will go better. Foolish me. Now it just sits there on "2". Doesn't even give me the "?54 RETRY" message, it simply sounds like it starts to spin down the HD, and then immediatly spins it back up. It's been sitting like this for a while now. Nothing. Even the LED on the back says "2". Oh, at least I found out I've got an RD53-A HD. Is there any difference between a RD53 HD and a RD53-A HD, or are they the same thing? Anyone have any ideas on this? It's starting to look to me as if someone pulled out the original HD to put in a machine that needed a good one. Then they put the bad on in this machine, but for some reason took the time to plug in the power. Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | For Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ | | For the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/museum.html |