06-29-15 12:00 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about SCSI Adapter Startup

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml> 28 Jun 15 17:16, you wrote to me:
Howdy! Mark,

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

 ml> i remember it...

Did remembering it cause You to get nightmares?
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 ml> this actually seems to be normal... my systems that use(s) SCSI
 ml> controllers and highspeed PATA interfaces (100+mb transfer)
 ml> showed each connector as they were tested to see if there was a
 ml> drive connected to them...

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

 ml> that may be part of the difference... i don't know if there's
 ml> anything special that these cards should be told to do when the
 ml> system is going to sleep or into hibernation...
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 EV> There isn't any other SCSI device between the Adapter and the Drive,
 EV> and the other connector on the Drive is unused.

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

I'll use some Contact Cleaner on it.
I'm not the first owner of the Card and HHD so it may need cleaning.
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 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)

 ml> looks pretty normal...

When I refer to myself I've quit using the word 'Normal'.
Regular is the word I use now, I'm not normal.
Ham Radio, Computers, Photography and et cetra.....

 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?

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

Long time ago I thought the HDD in this XP box was IDE because I would
see a line on the screen when I turned the box On that said something
about checking IDE Drives.

A moment after that line shows up I see several lines flash on the
screen only for a instant and then the SCSI Adapter gets initialized.

It was a long time before I learned that those lines I saw for only a
moment was where the pc was reporting what SATA connections it saw.

Thanks Again!

P.S. I was looking around Waldo's Place BBS a few days ago and learned
that the W in wkitty meant 'White'.


... If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
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