From: "bob chronister" 

i always buy top end scsi cables. you can get a 50 pin centronics device
that is scsi 2 and not scsi 1. given a quality scsi 2 cable, there is not a
problem since the cable is backward compatible in this case. going to the
faster scsi formats requires even better cables. expect to pay over $100
for a quality terminated internal ulttra320 cable. i generally pay adaptec
cables because i know for a fact they are to specs.

"Chris Robinson"  wrote in
message news:3E2D6D92.CCE9B5D{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> The cable seemed fine.  I only had one device on the SCSI cable, a simple
plug
> one end into the MoBo and the other into the HDD - I think I've just been
> unfortunate in having a couple of dodgy cables?
>
> Chris.
>
> Randy H wrote:
>
> > Was the cable mechanically bad--or is the connector on the cable, or how
> > well the
> > cable was seated in the device? Any one of these could be the
> > problem, and each one would manifest themselves differently.
> >
> > My personal experience is when installing with SCSI is to use as few
> > devices as possible to do the install-once that is done and your reboots
> > come up
> > clean, then you can start adding devices. Eventually, if something is
> > dodgy, it'll show up.
> >
> > "Chris Robinson"
 wrote in message
> > news:3E2D2F82.2468FE84{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
> > > Hmmm - SCSI cable no.4 seems to have worked (had to reinstall NT
though,
> > > otherwise I got a BSOD when I tried to boot).
> > >
> > > So it does appear to have been a cable problem after all.  But how are
you
> > > supposed to be able to tell this because formats/ integrity checks all
> > > worked OK - I'd've thought that if the wrong cable was in, the HDD
> > would've
> > > been inaccessible?  Are there any good SCSI utilities out there that
you
> > > know of that'll help check for this kind of thing or is it just a case
of
> > > trying umpteen cables 'til you get the right one?
> > >
> > > Sory to have wasted anyones time :o
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
> > > Chris Robinson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello again,
> > > >
> > > > I recently replaced two old(ish) HP workstations with
two new ones.
> > > > This all went well (after some teething problems relating to
Graphics
> > > > card drivers) but now I've come to sort out the one's I replaced
(clean
> > > > them up/ redistribute them).  They both run NT4 SP6a
and have SCSI
Hard
> > > > Drives.  A dodgy SCSI cable in another PC ment I had to
remove the
SCSI
> > > > cable from one of these PC's temporarily so's I could
get another PC
up
> > > > and running.  I've now replaced the SCSI cable in the
old HP and NT
now
> > > > bluescreens on boot up* (I've tried 2 other different SCSI cables
and
> > > > get the same result - all these cables work in the PC I had to
> > > > temporarily swap them into).  Here's what I've tried
already (n.b.
It's
> > > > worth mentioning that I'm trying this on two identical
HP Kayak XW
> > > > Workstations - I've tried everything below on BOTH of the PC's):
> > > >
> > > > - When I boot the PC I get the option to run SCSI disk
utilities -
I've
> > > > tried verifying the Hard Drive (this works fine).
> > > >
> > > > - I thought I'd try an NT repair - I don't have an ERD
but it finds
the
> > > > installation no porblems.  NT then says it's made changes to the
disk
> > > > that require me to restart and re-run the repair
process (no porbs
> > > > thinks me, I've seen this before) but I reboot and
re-run the repair
and
> > > > I get the same message - I'm stuck in an eternal loop here.
> > > >
> > > > - I then thought I might aswell try to reinstall NT
from scratch.  I
> > > > boot to the NT CD, select to format in NTFS (this goes
OK).  NT then
> > > > starts to copy files.  It goes fine but it fails to
copy some files
> > > > (always the same files - NTOSKRNL.EXE, NTFS.SYS) - is
this because
these
> > > > reside on a particular part of the disk?.
> > > >
> > > > * There is one of the cables that I get:
> > > >     "TRAP 0000000E ====== PAGE FAULT =======
> > > >     ** At liniar address 00000000"
> > > >  This isn't an NT BSOD though - it's just a regular Black screen
before
> > > > NT even loads.
> > > >
> > > > I completely confused - my knowledge of SCSI is far
from vast and my
> > > > experience with it so far has had me wanting to break things ;o)
The
> > > > thing I find odd about it is that a cable could be
screwed but could
> > > > still work... a bit - that's the nice thing about IDE - if it
doesn't
> > > > work, it doesn't work...
> > > >
> > > > Appologies for making you all read this mini-novel of a post ;o)
> > > >
> > > > Chris.
> > >
>

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