Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 07:16:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steven N. Hirsch" <hirsch@ibm.net> To: Grover Davidson <devildog@mvp.net> Cc: "Robert G. Brown" <rgb@phy.duke.edu>, delise@online-club.de, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec termination problem... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980528071406.2334A-100000@air.steve.net> In-Reply-To: <199805280131.UAA00373@mvp.net>
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On Wed, 27 May 1998, Grover Davidson wrote: > After checking the specs on my drive (a DFHSS4W), I found this little note: > > Enable active termination > > Upon request, Single Ended 50 and 68 pin models were available with on > card SCSI bus Active terminators. (Please contact your IBM Customer > Representative for the appropriate card PN). > > > So, ative termination is an OPTION and they are NOT disclosing the > board part number(s). > > I just went straight to external active termination and have > had no problems. > Now this is getting interesting. I've been doing battle with intermittant crashes (..unable to do kernel paging request at.., etc.) and lockups on my 6x86 box equipped with (you guessed it) built-in 7880UW Adaptec controller and IBM S4W drive. I'll re-check the jumpering on the drive and/or move to an external terminator. Grr. Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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