If his Seagtes are ST410800N like mine they are SCSI 2 fast and I have had
them on a non-fast controller but I did get sector errors until I did a low
level format. They still didn't work right until I put them on the 2740
which does the fast comm scheme.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
-> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:16 AM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: SCSI problems
->
->
->
-> --- Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
-> > If it's in a PnP motherboard, it's really important that the interrupt
-> > assignments don't clash. I don't know about the 'C' verson,
-> but I've got
-> > several 'B' and 'A' version boards, and a plain 1540. All of them
-> > require Irq11 and port address 0x330 and DMA5 in order to work from the
-> > BIOS.
->
-> The C is a *nice* card - it's incredibly flexible with its own BIOS
-> setup program that runs if you have one of the dip switches set to
-> allow it (you can also run it without its own SCSI BIOS if DOS memory
-> is at a premium). You can run surface scans and even do a low-level
-> format (very useful for a batch of 4Gb drives I got that were formatted
-> to 524 bytes/block).
->
-> I have been using one since I got it new _at_ $200. Great card. They
-> should be <$25 now. I see them all the time at the Dayton ComputerFest.
->
-> If you need an ISA SCSI controller, I can recommend it. There are two
-> flavors, though - 1542C and 1542CF - F for Fast. The original rev wasn't
-> in spec for SCSI-2 Fast. There's an ECO (a wire and a capacitor) and
-> new ROMs.
->
-> -ethan
->
->
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Received on Tue Oct 16 2001 - 14:29:58 BST