gene heskett wrote: > Are you in a position to be able to scope probe the data lines on this > controller? Dying isn't the normal failure mechanism, poor termination is. > Most of this stuff with its 50 pin scsi-2 interfaces will fall over the > instant the PSU's 5 volt line drops below 4.98 volts due to a lack of an > adequate logic one noise and cable ringing margin. Putting it on a psu you > can tickle up to 5.1, or even 5.2 volts will often bring it back to life > like magic. > I tried margining the power supply, still fails self test. The board originally powered up fine with nothing connected to either the SCSI or drive end. So, I went back to that condition, and it still didn't pass self-test, which leaves it dead.
It has nothing to do with SCSI termination. >> So, does anyone know where to get a SCSI to >> Pertec formatted interface converter board? >> > > You are welcome to either or both if it would do you any good, Jon. PM me > where to ship to. > What I am looking for is a SCSI - formatted Pertec interface. The formatted Pertec interface is two 50-conductor ribbon cables. I have a good Adaptec SCSI PCI card with all possible SCSI flavors on it. Your boards don't sound like it has anything to do with Pertec tape. Another option is a USB - formatted Pertec or a PCI card, but I have not found that anything like that exists. I have found some ISA cards that were made, but really don't have much ISA motherboards available, and of course none that would run Linux. Thanks, Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
