On 9 May 99, at 16:30, Jim Gemeinhardt wrote:

> I am building a new PII 350mhz system using the configuration below.
> No operating system currently installed.
> CPU - PII 350 MHz
> Motherboard - ASUS P2B  (Has an AWARD BIOS v4.51PG revision 10008)
> SCSI Controller - Adaptec 2049 Ultra Wide V1.25 BIOS

    AHA-2940UW, right?
    Note that the 1.25 BIOS is a little dated; you may want to get the latest
from their web site.

> Quantum Fireball 6.4g SE
> Diamond V550 AGP vide card
>
> I receive a "time our failure during SCSI inquiry" error message when the

  "time ouT"?

> controller attempts to locate the devices on startup, followed by a "SCSI
> BIOS not installed". I went to the SCSI utilities and could not get the
> device to be recognized.
>
> When I attempt to detect the drive, the systems hangs at the SCSI id number
> configured on drive.
>
> The drive is terminated correctly and works fine in another system.
> The controller is brand new.
>
> I get the same results when I put any SCSI drive into the system.
>
> Anybody have any ideas?

  In the SCSI setup (Ctrl-A), there's a set of per-device options such as
"send Start Unit command".  Can you report how these are set for the drive?

  Also, is this in fact a wide drive?  What device IDs are you using?

  [SCSI configurations can be a bit temperamental, and every scrap of
information could be important....]



David G

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