Ed Durrant ha scritto:
>
> Alan Beagley wrote:
> > On 02/07/08 03:12 am Ed Durrant wrote:
> >
> >
> >>> It seems that my 73GB Seagate SCSI drive (still in warranty) is 
> dying, but
> >
> >
> Are you sure that the SCSI chain is ONLY terminated at both ends - that
> means if the card is at one end of the chain, it should be set to
> terminate the chain and the drive at the other end of the chain set to
> terminate the chain. NONE of the drives in between should be set to
> terminate.
>
Disks we are speaking about don't have a termination switch.  That is, 
LVD drives in general.
>
> If the controller card is in the middle of the chain, such as
> when both an internal and external connector are in use, the card should
> NOT be set to tern\minate only the devices (diaks or tape drives) at the
>
The Adaptec 29160AH, do have an autotermination feature, and that works
best of all. On top of that, if something in the chain is not right, you'll
get an error message at boot.



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Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris




 
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