[KLUG Members] Re: Install issues -- SCSI termination? What are you using?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 17:22, Adam Bultman wrote:
> I've disabled the AIC7890 on the motherboard (or rather, told it not to
> use it-- RH still loads the driver, so it still sees it) and put in my
> other SCSI cards: Adaptec 2930CU and a Symbios one.  They see all my
> drives okay, and it boots into the install like the last one. I haven't
> tried text or low-res yet, although I've failed with low res, too, and
> the one time I tried text it crashed, so I wasn't sure it was a video
> proble, or if the text option even existed.

Did you say you are getting the same issues with those cards?

How's your SCSI termination?  Are you using a separate, active
terminator, or one of the devices?  That Plextor is an SE device, your
Ultra160 drive is an LVD.  You probably only need SE termination, but
you never know with Ultra80/160 drives -- they may be looking for LVD
termination.  If you don't have an LVD terminator, try putting your HD
at the end of the bus and using its on-board termination.  Make sure it
is providing terminator power.

> The only thing that bothers me is the nice AWARD BIOS beeps I get
> occasionally which basically point to "unknown error". Some web sites say
> "CPU problem", others say it's other items, and to check this and that.
> I'm not sure it's a CPU problem.  I've tried switching sockets, trying
> one, the other. A myriad of different configurations.

Some BIOSes beep if you don't have video plugged in.

> I'm befuddled.  But, I'll keep trying.

SCSI termination is usually the culprit if the issue is random.  I like
to use separate, active terminators -- even on an internal IDC50 cable,
but especially on 68-pin one.

-- Bryan

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