Re: Adaptec 29320LPE errors on boot

Rodrigo Severo
2008-03-05T16:52:54Z

On 3/5/08, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 13:26 -0300, Rodrigo Severo wrote:
> > On 3/5/08, Salyzyn, Mark <Mark_Salyzyn@adaptec.com> wrote:
> > > Sounds like you have a bad SCSI cable or drive.
> > >
> > > Do any of these drives work in any other OS environment?
> >
> > This same drive with this same cable with this same terminator works
> > well with a 39160 (which usses another driver: the aic7xxx) on the
> > same OS environment so I don't think this is a cable or drive issue.
>
> That's only ultra 160 capable. What happens if you take the speeds for
> the drives down in the bios of the 29320?

I changed the following values on 29320LPE from the previous default ones:

Sync Transfer Rate: 160
Packetized: No
QAS: No

The error messages are unchanged.

> > Besides I tested with four different cables (different models and
> > manufactures, all pretend to be U320 compatible). The problem is
> > unchanged when I use different cables and terminators.
> >
> > I also tested with several different disks (different models and
> > manufactures). The problem is still unchanged.
>
> It's sounding a bit more like a damaged board ... but try reducing the
> speed in the bios.

As I said before, you have much more experience on SCSI issues but I
still can't see how a damaged SCSI board would work on one motherboard
model. Do you really think this is possible?