Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:22:02 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, Ted Buswell <tbuswell@mediaone.net> Subject: Re: opinions on possible bad disk? Message-ID: <199809250628.AAA14626@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 1998 14:42:20 %2B0930." <XFMail.980925144220.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> >On 25-Sep-98 Justin T. Gibbs wrote: >>> ahc0: <Adaptec aic7880 Ultra SCSI adapter> rev 0x00 int a irq 19 on pci0.6.0 >>> ahc0: Illegal cable configuration!! >>> Only two connectors on the adapter may be used at a time! ... >I get this on a 7895 built into a Super Micro motherboard.. >Which is kind of suprising since it has 2 chains, and there is one device >plugged into each chain :) >The BIOS is set to auto-terminate, which I was told was the cause, and to >turn auto terminate off (then again, it actually works as it stands.. :) I don't know why MB manufacturers insist on allowing the user to enable auto-term when they didn't put auto-term logic on the MB. Anyway, you are currently playing a very dangerous game by leaving auto-term enabled. The bus is not properly terminated and will someday start showing errors. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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