Boot stalled at "SCSI BIOS installed successfully!" after BH6_SS bios flash?

[jhouston]

I flashed my 2940U2W Adaptec Host Adapter successfully to the latest bios and booted to WIN98SE. I downloaded the latest AWDFLASH.EXE and the BH6_SS.bin file and successfully flashed the BH6 1.0. I then cleared the CMOS via jumpers. The system boots fine until I reach the SCSI installation section which recognizes all my SCSI devices(Plextor UW, Plextor 12/4/32, Onstream SC30, & the IBM 18ZX). System halted after the "SCSI BIOS installed successfully!" message. What are my options? I have searched relentlessly for the better part of 4 hours with no results. Should I format my drive via the SCSI select utility or is there a conflict with my bios settings? Any suggestions would be honored. Are there issues with the BH6_SS bios update that I should know about? This system has been working fine for more than 1.5 years. I only wanted to flash the bios to upgrade the cpu in the future. Now it seems I am stuck with the new bios since I cannot access the HD.

 

[jhouston]

I finally figured it out!!! Yet, I find this particular problem amusing to the point of absurdity! My Primary Master setting was set to auto for my installed Iomega Zip drive and this particular setting was stalling the boot process! Whew! I am glad it was so simple! Note to self: "Don't panic, just pick up a book and dive in!" I hope someone else will find this information useful.

 

[jhouston]

So back to the secondary master with the Iomega Zip drive and everything is A OK! I guess the new BH6_SS bios will not allow the Iomega zip to be on the primary master even though the older BH6_LN bios would allow this. I am not certain but I do know that the older scsi bios version and the LN bios on the BH6 would allow these setting to coexist and still boot to the scsi hd.