Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 12:58:20 +0200 (MET DST) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: proot@horton.iaces.com (Paul T. Root) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems with Quantum 4gig drive Message-ID: <199610051058.MAA08760@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199610032126.QAA13524@horton.iaces.com> from "Paul T. Root" at Oct 3, 96 04:26:06 pm
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Paul T. Root writes: > > Hi, > I've got a Compaq DeskPro 2000 (133MHz) machine, with 32 meg, > an Adaptec 2940UW, a Seagate ST32550W 2 gig drive on sd0 and > a Quantum XP34300W 4gig drive on sd1. > > My problem is the Quantum won't work. I did install it and things went fine > for a couple of hours then. I get parity errors and the SCSI bus hangs up. > > I did disable the IDE on the motherboard of the Compaq, and without the > Quantum drive it works fine. The Quantum is in the middle connector on > the internal cable, the Seagate is on the end, there is nothing connected > to the external connector. > > Could it be I need to set a jumper on the quantum? Termination? You shouldn't have terminators on in the middle of the chain. The Seagate should be terminated, and so should the Adaptec (check the setup menu). > I didn't receive a book with the Quantum (I do have one for the > Seagate). The drive came installed with an IDE drive, I pulled the > IDE, and installed the Seagate as sd0 and jumpered the Quantum as > sd1. That's the only changes to the drives. Could it be that the drive is overheating? How is it mounted? Greg
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