Bryann Paula Melvin schrieb:
> 
> --- In os2user{at}yahoogroups.com, "Don{ald} O.
Woodall"
> wrote:
> 
>>In , on 12/15/2004 
>>   at 02:23 AM, "Bryann Paula Melvin"  said:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I just installed Warp 3 on a salavage computer to do some compatibilty
>>>testing,,I'm working on something i want to check in W3 W4 and eCS.
>>
>>>I have run into a glitch and have forgotten how to get something
> 
> working
> SNIP
> 
>>>I tried changing bios settings...options included scsi
>>>Same thing even with scsi C A sequence selected.
>>
>>>None for HD (ide) was also selected as the 2940UW docs say
>>
>>>No joy
>>
>>>Bryann
>>
>>     It has been a LONG time since I messed with Adaptec stuff. I never
>>need to change the BIOS to point at SCSI.  I just left it at A C or C A,
>>your choice.
>>
>>     HTH
>>
>>-- 
> 
> HMM I tried:
> 
> A,c,SCSI
> SCSI,A
> A,C
> C only
> 
> still just waits...and waits... no timeout code or anything
> Using boot manager from IDE as c: in (a,C boot sequence or CDROM ,A,C)
> works fine..
> 
> tried this with two slightly different motherboards too... I'm missing
> something on how to use these older bios I guess...

Have you tried what the SCSI BIOS tellss you about the connected 
devices it sees?

Boot up. The adapter BIOS will show its message (when switched on in 
its BIOS). Press Alt+A. The Adapter BIOS will come up on screen.

Look through all the entries it gives. All devises on the adapter 
should be listed there with theyr correct sizes.

Possible errors:
- the end of the cable is not connected to a device
- the device on the end of the cable is not terminated
   This device MUST be terminated - but ONLY this
- another device on the cable is terminated
- the adapter itself is not terminated even as
   it is the true end of the cable
   Use AUTO for the adapter is always a good idea.
- You've an outside device connected that is not terminated
- You've an outside device connected and the adapter
   is terminated on that end

Uncorrect termination gives any wrong behavior! It may hung the whole 
boot process, it may hung some I/O, it may do anything wrong.

Since about 4 years mainboards are NOT tested to work with SCSI 
anymore! Some mainboard BIOSes don't like SCSI anyway, some will see a 
SCSI boot device only after they are whining that there is "NO drive 
x" found. Some will see SCSI drives only when both IDE Controllers are 
switched OFF in BIOS and NO IDE device is attached, some likes ony one 
or both IDE controllers activated or disactivated without an HDD on them.

Some will handle SCSI controllers only in some PCI slots when some 
other PCI slots are empty! It can cost some days to figure out which 
PCI slot MUST be empty, which PCI slot should NOT empty, which PCI 
slot is able to hande the SCSI adapter, which PCI slot is unable at 
all to work when an SCSI adpater is inserted somewhere.

Often - but not always - the chance to get an SCSI adapter working 
well ist to experience around.

I'ver here an AMD 1700 sitting that will never see the SCSI controller 
on slot 1, 2, 5 - but sees it on 3 and 4 whereas it wont sees it on 
slot 3 when on slot 5 is a network adapter, whereas it likes the 
network adapter only on slot 5 when the SCSI adapter is connected to 
slot 4......

Inserting a PCI graphic card instead of AGP changes the behavior 
completely! Then the SCSI adapter will NOT handle more devices than 
ID0: hard disk + ID5: CD and you CAN'T get the SCSI adapter working in 
slot 1, 2, 4 and 5. Having an AGP card in its slot instead and the 
SCSI adapter sees more hard disks.....

No, upgrade of the mainboard BIOS brought NO change. Changing the PCI 
graphic card to AGP was the solution: SCSI adapter needs to run on 
slot 4 (on all other it was invisible to BIOS), network card on slot 5 
(mainboard BIOS ould NOT boot when the network card is on another 
slot) and the SCSI adapter sees and handles more devices now.

-- 
Tschau/Bye

Herbert Rosenau                    eCS 1.2 Deutsch bestellen bei
EDV Beratung & Programmierung           http://pc-rosenau.de
Eichelsdorfer Str. 15
97461 Hofheim i.UFr.

Tel: 49-9523-502834
Fax: 49-9523-502823                     http://www.dv-rosenau.de/


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