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Help: Can't get my SCSI CDrom to work on my SCSI controller!

K

Kwad Guy

Diamond Member
Here's the setup:

I have an AMI Megaraid 1500 (SCSI) two channel controller. I am using
one channel for raid, but since I am not using the other channel
for anything, I figured it'd be useful to run my Plextor 40x Max
(50 pin) SCSI CDrom. I attached a 68->50 pin adaptor to the second
SCSI channel on the adaptor and am running a 50 pin cable to the
drive. I am running Windows 2000. Termination and parity jumpers
are on on the drive. (Before you say it, yes I know this is a waste
of a high performance SCSI channel, but since I don't need it for
anything else, that isn't an issue here).

The machine boots OK, Win2K sees the drive. I can insert a music
CDrom into the drive and Win2K recognizes it as a music CD. HOWEVER,
if I try to play the CDrom I get no sound. If I check the "digital
music extraction" option for the drive and reboot, the drive starts
to act funky and if I insert a music CDrom, it skips from track
to track without ever being able to play any track.

I turned the digital music extraction, rebooted again, and decided
to see if I could copy from the drive. I ran Nero (5.5.5.1) to
make a copy, using the Plextor drive as the source. Nero
appears to run properly. I get a CD with the proper number of tracks
as the copy. However, every track is blank if I try to play it.

To make sure this wasn't a drive issue, I have tried three different
Plextor 40x Max drives and none of them has worked.

Any suggestions?

Kwad
 
just the basics, is the drive terminated as it's the last on that chain & secondly what ID is each of your scsi devices using?
 
Termination is set on the CDrom.

I tried different IDs for the CDrom. I think I'm using 3 right
now. The SCSI hard drives are on the other channel and I believe
are 0 and 1 (but are auto-assigned anyway by the Raid card).

Kwad
 
kwad, i also have a plextor, 40x. it was very unstable if i use the drive termination jumper. i bought one of
those terminators that plugs into the end of the cable itself, it cost around $11 and it solved all my scsi/plextor problems.
termination is very important with scsi devices. good luck.
 
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