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Adaptec AHA-1510B Installation Manual

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AHA-1510B
ISA-to-Fast SCSI-2 Host Adapter
Adaptec, Inc.
691 South Milpitas Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035
Copyright © 1995, 1996, Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No
part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the
prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd.,
Milpitas, CA 95035.
Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, AHA, EZ-SCSI, and SCSISelect are
trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some
jurisdictions. Windows and Windows 95 are registered trade-
Simple, complete PC connection to
marks of Microsoft Corporation used under license. All other
trademarks used are owned by their respective owners.
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The material in this document is for information only and is
subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have
been made in the preparation of this document to assure its
accuracy, Adaptec, Inc. assumes no liability resulting from
errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the
information contained herein.
Adaptec reserves the right to make changes in the product
design without reservation and without notification to its users.
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Printed in Singapore
Stock No.: 511023-00, Rev. A RQ 3/96

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  • Page 1 Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 Copyright © 1995, 1996, Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd.,...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Also, this installation guide includes information on the Adaptec SCSISelect™ configuration utility. After installation, you can use this utility to reconfigure your host adapter without having to reopen the computer or handle the card.

  • Page 3: Installation And Setup

    Installation and Setup WARNING: Turn OFF power to the computer and disconnect the power cord. Step 1: Remove the cover from the computer case. (If necessary, refer to the instructions in your computer documentation.) Back of Your Computer Step 2: Locate an unused 16-bit ISA expansion slot (this slot is typically black);...
  • Page 4 Step 4: Prepare each internal SCSI device for installation: (If you are installing external SCSI devices only, skip to Step 10.) Make sure all SCSI devices (internal and external) are assigned a unique SCSI ID from 0 to 6. Refer to the device’s documentation for instructions on setting the SCSI ID.
  • Page 5 Step 8: Plug the remaining connectors on the cable into any remaining internal devices (these devices must not be terminated, see Step 4). Pin 1 2nd Internal SCSI Device To 1st Internal SCSI Device Step 9: Connect an available DC power cable (from your computer’s power supply) to the power input connector on the SCSI device.
  • Page 6 EZ-SCSI software documentation for installation instructions. If you wish to purchase EZ-SCSI, you can call Adaptec to order directly. If you purchased your host adapter as part of a bun- dle created by a third party, you can use the drivers they provide.

  • Page 7: Using Your Host Adapter

    SCSI hard disk con- nected to the host adapter. Multiple Host Adapters Multiple SCSI host adapters can be installed in your computer; you are limited only by the available sys- tem resources (e.g., I/O port and IRQ channel).

  • Page 8: Switches

    Setting Host Adapter Switches The switch block on your host adapter is factory set to work in a Plug and Play system. Since resources in a Plug and Play system are assigned automatically, you should not have to change these settings. If your system is not Plug and Play, you may have to change the I/O port address and Active/Inactive set- tings.

  • Page 9: Utility

    Format. Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the fac- tory and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives. Caution: A low-level format destroys all data on the drive.

  • Page 10: Scsiselect Settings

    SCSISelect Settings Basic Host Adapter Settings The following settings are the SCSISelect settings most likely to require any modification. Host Adapter Interrupt (IRQ) Channel—This option sets the host adapter’s IRQ. Each add-in card installed in your system, including the host adapter, must have a unique IRQ.

  • Page 11: Need Assistance

    6 meters (19.7 feet). I have both a Soundblaster card with a SCSI controller embedded on it, and an AHA-1510B installed in the same computer. Am I going to experience any resource conflicts? The AHA-1510B and the SCSI controller on the Sound- blaster card are typically both set, by default, to use I/O port address 340 and IRQ 11.
  • Page 12 I have some older SCSI-1 devices installed and my computer is operating erratically or hangs. Try changing the following SCSI device settings in SCSISelect for your older SCSI-1 device: Set Initiate Sync Negotiation to No; Set the Maximum Sync Transfer Rate to 5.0.

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