28 Jun 15 17:16, you wrote to me:

 EV> This is an old message I'm using to write this reply to You.

i remember it...

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 EV>> I see this extra device number show up once a week at least, when the
 EV>> xp box is turned on.

 EV>> I can't recall what name is shown along side #1.

 ml>> try hitting your PAUSE key on your keyboard to freeze the display so
 ml>> you can look at it and write it down...

 EV> When I turned the XP box On this afternoon I saw the #1 entry appear
 EV> between the #0 SyQuest SCSI Drive and the #7 SCSI Adapter Card lines
 EV> when the Adapter was initializing.

this actually seems to be normal... my systems that use(s) SCSI controllers
and highspeed PATA interfaces (100+mb transfer) showed each connector as
they were tested to see if there was a drive connected to them...

 EV> I used Hibernate when I turned the XP box Off last night.

that may be part of the difference... i don't know if there's anything
special that these cards should be told to do when the system is going to
sleep or into hibernation...

 EV> I pressed the Pause Key, the #1 entry had the words  Drive Not Ready .

seems logical...

 EV> The SCSI wire goes from the Adapter Card to the SyQuest Drive.

ok...

 EV> There isn't any other SCSI device between the Adapter and the Drive,
 EV> and the other connector on the Drive is unused.

sounds like there may be some dust or something across contacts somewhere
that may be conducting a little bit causing the card to take a closer
look...

 EV> That is why I get concerned when I see the extra entry showing up for
 EV> a phantom drive.

there shouldn't be any reason for concern since you know there's only one
card and one drive connected to it...

 EV> I looked in Device Settings for the SCSI Card Properties.

 EV> It's called Advansys SCSI Host Adapter made by Advanced System Products

 EV> Location: PCI Slot 3 (PCI bus 3, device 9, function 0)

looks pretty normal...

 EV> Have You or Any Others in this echo seen Drive Not Ready when a SCSI
 EV> Adapter is starting up, when there isn't any device using that SCSI
 EV> Device Number?

my PATA and SATA systems appear to show all connections when booting up...
only those with drives attached get a name or ID printed beside them... the
others may say something about "not connected" or "not
ready"... really nothing to be concerned with as far as i can see ;)

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