scsi help

[waitman]

I got old system that was used as a game server. It has:

pentium pro 200 Mhz
64 MB ram
win 98
Bios Award 03/07/96
2.15 gig samsung Hd
5-ISA slots, and 4-PCI slots
the system was built by Everex and I cant find much useful information.
I put in a nic and am typing this on this pc right now.

It came with a pci scsi adapter and the Toshiba cdrom was hooked up to this, but it wasn't showing up. So I removed the card and cables and plugged them back in. When I rebooted the machine it goes through the boot screen and then is says press ctrl+b to enter auto scsi, so I do that, At this point it won't do anything else, just sits there till I shut it off. I hooked up the Toshiba drive to the card and it will then recognize the drive, but won't go any farther than press Ctrl+b to enter auto SCSI and under that it shows toshiba blah blah blah. Don't know much about the bios or whether it might have some settings I could change.

It only has One IDE channel and I wanted to add another Hd to that for storage.
Anyone tell me where to start?

I know its old, but it makes a decent web surfer. I put in a GF4 Mx 440 PCI card and it's not bad

Thanks to all who can help or put me on the right track.

Waitman

 

[Zepper]

Can you find any info on the SCSI card (mfr., model no. - should be marked on the card or on a label on the card). It's possible that it's one of those that use a SCSI BIOS that is integrated with the system BIOS - everex did that on some machines. First thing is to identify the SCSI card, then find if it has its own BIOS or not (shouldn't need one for optical drives unless you want to be able to boot from it) - you do know what a BIOS chip looks like, right? Does the SCSI adapter show up in Device Manager? May need to find drivers for it if it doesn't.
Also check the jumper settings on the Toshiba. Should have no jumpers on the SCSI drive ID pins - makes it drive 0. Should have internal termination enabled unless there is an external terminator plugged into (or permanently attached to) the end of the cable. If it's the only drive on the cable, it should be plugged into the last position on the cable unless a terminator is already there.

.bh.

P.S. Get lots of SCSI info at http://www.scsifaq.org .

 

[waitman]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Can you find any info on the SCSI card (mfr., model no. - should be marked on the card or on a label on the card). It's possible that it's one of those that use a SCSI BIOS that is integrated with the system BIOS - everex did that on some machines. First thing is to identify the SCSI card, then find if it has its own BIOS or not (shouldn't need one for optical drives unless you want to be able to boot from it) - you do know what a BIOS chip looks like, right? Does the SCSI adapter show up in Device Manager? May need to find drivers for it if it doesn't.
Also check the jumper settings on the Toshiba. Should have no jumpers on the SCSI drive ID pins - makes it drive 0. Should have internal termination enabled unless there is an external terminator plugged into (or permanently attached to) the end of the cable. If it's the only drive on the cable, it should be plugged into the last position on the cable unless a terminator is already there.

.bh.

P.S. Get lots of SCSI info at http://www.scsifaq.org .

Thanks for the reply Zepper. Yeah I guess it might help to have info on the card. It it manufactured by buslogic model# BT-946C. It appears to have 2 bios chips on it one says odd next to it and one says even. I don't see it in the device manager. I will try tocheck the drive for jumpers and such and see if I have any luck there. Thanks for the link also, will look there to see if I can find anything. thanks a bunch

Waitman

 

[Zepper]

I found this other info:
. Jumper settings, etc .

.bh.

 

[Zepper]

I also found that http://www.scsi4me.com has a really nice LSI SCSI adapter for $19.! Comes with drivers and all!! They take PayPal as well as the other payment methods. You can probably get something on eBay cheaper, but why bother... And LSI isn't going anywhere as they are the keeper of one of the bloodlines of the SCSI legacy: NCR > Symbios > LSI.
.bh.

:moon:

 

[waitman]

Originally posted by: Zepper
I also found that http://www.scsi4me.com has a really nice LSI SCSI adapter for $19.! Comes with drivers and all!! They take PayPal as well as the other payment methods. You can probably get something on eBay cheaper, but why bother... And LSI isn't going anywhere as they are the keeper of one of the bloodlines of the SCSI legacy: NCR > Symbios > LSI.
.bh.

:moon:

Cool I May have to try that adapter, but I am still gonna try a few things to try and get it to work. I did find some drivers that supposedly will work with windows 98, if I can ever get it to boot into windows with it plugged in. I have been reading a buttload of info from the links you gave me. thanks I really do appreciate all the information. Lots and lots of information! If and when I get away from it all, I will try your suggestions. And again thanks so much. I love these forums, a wealth of knowledge here and some darn good people! Thanks

Waitman

 

[waitman]

Guess I am goit to got the new adapter route. Cant get this thing to do anything, gets to the boot screen shows the card bios, says press CTRL-b to enter auto scsi and then it freezes the system. I have to shut down with the power button