OK Now i have a new toy - can you help me with a few things?

[Paddy]

right, this is what i have done:

1) delete a partition containing only games
2) format the partition as FAT32
3) install win98
4) d/l a ntfs driver
5) copy all file from the NTFS primary active partition to the FAT32 partition
6) format the primary partition as FAT32
7) Install Win2K on the primary partition leaving it FAT32
8) copy all my apps back and reinstalling where appropriate.
9) I need a beer... Mental note - Do not use ie 5.5 - Cheers Gurm!

[Paddy]

okey! UDMA is enabled on my DVD drive! Cheers lads.

er.. if anyone knows the correct Temp range for a T'bird 1GHz id appreciate them sharing it with me


cheers again

[Pace]

Oh well - I was coming back with more complete help! You won't be needing that now! And would you be so kind as to share the location of HTFS for Win9x?

Thanks,

Paul.

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[Pace]

Oops, hehe

Well if there is a HT filing system for Win9x I'd certainly like to know what it is - I meant NTFS (just kind of got crossed with HPFS )

Paul.

[Pace]

Just a thought...HT = HyperText!

A Hypertext filing system? Maybe Microsoft will stick that in IE7.23

(sorry for hijacking/spamming/redirecting this thread Paddy )

Paul.

[Pace]

Are you using ACPI and is it working ok?

Paul.

[DentyCracker]

55 seems high
47 is not too bad
40 is good
for a 1GHz T'Bird
47 after playing Quake I could live with. (If I played quake)

[Paddy]

Cheers Paul / Denty!

Back to the SCSI CDRW.

I can read audio CDs fine.
I can browse CDS fine
I can execute some small files.
Anything over around 400K returns a crc/checksum error.

Everything is terminated properly.
Everything has the latest drivers and BIOS revisions.

Could this be due to a faulty cable? I have no spares to hotswap...

[Paddy]

Denty:

The ASUS probe monitoring software that comes with the mobo can alert you if the temp of the chip gets too high. I cant set this alarm to anything lower than 64'C.

Therefore i would infer that this temp is fine.......

[Gurm]

Paddy,

I think the "auto-termination" on the SCSI card has gotten confused. Either that or you have a passive terminator on the drive and the drive/card combo requires active termination.

- Gurm

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[Paddy]

er.. sorry mate?

I can set the termination on the card to:
automatic
high on/low on
high off/low on
high off/low off ect...

The cdrw and drive just have a jumper marked 'term'.

is that any use?

[Gurm]

Look up the drive specs and see if it needs active termination. If so, that's your problem - you'll need an internal active terminator, or a terminated cable.

If not... then the card is just confused, and you'll have to play with the lo/hi etc. options until it works.

- Gurm

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[Paddy]

Ok Gurm (or anyone else!)

I have checked the Plextor website and found that all i need to do is place a jumper on the right place. Done!

I will ignore the adaptor for now.

Here is the website for the jumper settings for my SCSI drive. I have the 68 Pin model and as pin 6 on J4 is labled 'S/E' i take it that i have the multimode model.

I have tried throwing jumpers everywhere according to the website - but i dont get it.
I also have the 'Auxiliary Connector' that it referes to.

As i cant find anything labled 'termination' does this suggest that i need to actively terminate the device (and that means what exactly?)

Please could someone tell me where to put the jumpers.


I'll be your best friend!


(sorry)

Paddy

[ayoub_ibrahim]

Paddy,not sure if this will help( I have a LVD Ultra 160 hdd 68 pins with adaptec controller) but the LVD cable has a terminator at the end of the cable itself with no termination on the drive! the manual implies that this is the arrangement for ultra 160/ultra 2 scsi devices. can't say if matters are different with your controller & hdd!

[Paddy]

Gurm:

If i disconnect the SCSi disk from the adaptor and enable auto-termination the cDRW works fine. Therefore i assume there is a problem with termination.

The fact that the CDRW is now working suggests that its termination is fine.

Where do you think the problem is?