SCSI troubles (of the UW variety)

[Adam McDougall]

bent scsi pins sounds like bad news all around :( see if you can bend them
back in place without weakening them, you dont want pins breaking off in
the female conductor.. otherwise get a new cable and start from there.
How is your termination?  Remember the last device on the 50 pin side, and
the last device on the 68 pin side must be terminated, and the controller
set to High Only or Auto term.  Is this a problem that came up recently
out of the blue or with a change?

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, T.C. Mingus wrote:

> 
> Okay, here's my problem. I have an Adaptec 2940UW controller. 
> I have narrow ZIP 100, CW-7502 Burner, and a NEC 502 CD-rom. 
> 
> On the UW side, I have a pair of identical 4.5G UW SCSI HD's.
> 
> First only one drive would ID, then neither would. The narrow side is
> fine, but I also notice the Ultra cable has some bent pins. When I use the
> "M" jumper, it spins up the drives, so I know the mechanics are ok, and
> all the narrow devices ID with  no problem. I also flashed the Controller
> with the 2.20.0 BIOS... And that went fine.
> 
> I'm suspecting either a bad cable, or a bad cable plug on the controller. 
> Anyone ever had this happen? I'm gonna try to find a new cable tomrrow, or
> should I just write off this controller? :(
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
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