Other Problems And Solutions - Adaptec AHA-3940U User Manual

AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD User's Guide

Other Problems and Solutions

The screen is difficult to read when I run SCSISelect.
Press F5 to toggle the display between color and monochrome
modes. This may make it easier for you to read the screen.
When I tried to use the format/verify utility on a disk device, I got an Unexpected SCSI
Command Failure pop-up box with a lot of error information. What does this mean?
This probably means that the utility found a problem with the disk
device or the medium, so it can't run. The following data appear:
SCSI Target ID of the device
SCSI CDB Sent (e.g., 2F 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00)
Host Adapter Status (e.g., 11h - Selection Timeout)
Target Status (e.g., 00h - Good Status)
Sense Key (e.g., 06h - Unit Attention)
Additional Sense Code
Additional Sense Code Qualifier
You can probably determine from the Sense Key information both
the cause of the problem and its solution. Here are some of the more
common Sense Key values and their meanings:
02h - Not ready
The medium is not ready to format. Check that medium is
inserted in the drive and spun up.
03h - Medium error
The disk medium may be defective. If it is a removable-media
drive, try using a different disk. If it is a hard disk drive, the
disk may be physically damaged. Verify and format the
medium with SCSISelect.
04h - Hardware error
The disk drive may be defective. Read the hardware documen-
tation and contact the manufacturer.
05h - Illegal request
The Adaptec formatting utility does not support a low-level
format of this device. The device may already be low-level
formatted by the manufacturer.
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AHA-3940U/3940UW/3940UWD User's Guide
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