Peter
===== Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at 4/21/99 12:16 am
>You might also try removing the external terminator and enabling the
>drives internal termination (with power provided by the drive).
tied that, but no difference. Also IBM says for this model it's not proper.
>Let me ask: does the Ultra bus work without any problems? Is it the
>entire card, or just the LVD bus thats having problems? I've got an
>2940U2W, with several HDs, Tape drives and CDROMs on it (but only on the
>Ultra, not the LVD bus). Only had one problem with it and that was one
>of the middle drives had termination enabled by mistake. Now, it's sold
>as a rock. But, I'm using aic7xxx-5.1.13 and a 2.0.36 kernel.
yes, It boots and reads fine off of a CDROM and a CDRW
>
>If the Ultra bus works without any problems, then perhaps the IBM drive
>is defective (it does happen).
I think I'll send it back. Can someone suggest a better comparable
brand/model?
>
>Timeouts typically indicate a loss of signal. I know you've checked the
>termination, but check it again and also check the parity setting for the
>drive and card. If throttling down to 5.0Mb doesn't work, then try the
>SCSI BIOS's Verify utility. See if it can verify the drive. If not,
>then you've definitely got a cable or termination problem. If it can,
>especially at the higher speeds, then it's a software issue.
will do. I haven't tried this yet, but the adaptec bios does see the drive.
Can anyone tell me if it's safe to low level format the drive? Someone
suggested I try this. Would it help?
>
>> Anyway, when I add the drive, enable IDE support in the bios, it does not
>> get detected by my MOBO, and then the system won't boot off the scsi drive
>> anymore. I tried as master on both primary and secondary channel - no
>> difference.
>
>Hmm! This might mean theirs a lack of free IRQs to allocate to the SCSI
>card, or that the Motherboard itself has a problem. Make sure that you
>have plenty of non ISA allocated IRQs available for the BIOS to assign.
I don't think so, but will try again with all other cards removed
>
>I do recall once a friend was having a horrendous problem with a video
>controller. We ended up disassembling the entire computer and found that
>the Motherboard wasn't mounted correctly. One of the ground screws was
>forced into place and cause stress on the Motherboard. Removing that
>screw and reseating the board fixed the problem.
It's entirely possible. I'll try review my work. Damn I should have had one
built.
thanks
charles
-- Charles Galpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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