Not all disk appear when connecting to mac mini

I have a 2ghz Coreduo2 mamini running 10.5.8 set up holding 3 external HD's. I then connect from my macbook pro to get acces to the disks..
But half the times only some of the disks shows.
The mini is running headless and I allso use it as media center..
Is there a solution to my problem or should i install osx server or set ip up in a different way?

Good questions!!
I've got a 100% correctness answer right here.
It is normal, because Mac mini can not handle more than 2 USB linked External HDD(or Anything) or more than 1 FireWire linked External HDD(or anything) at the same time! Why is that? Because lacking of stable current and voltage.
Believe me, if you want to kill your important data on your HDDs, you can keep link them that way ignoring my warning.
But if you want to use your Mac safely? Disconnect all the others, connect 1 external device at the most. Take 2? You are gambling the life of your HDDs or anything you link with it.
Remember, this notice is affected with all Mac mini(models Before/After 2009).
Only Mac Pro or Power Mac can link with more than 2 USB/FireWire External devices.(HDD, CD-ROM drive, DVD-ROM drive, pen-drive...etc.)

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