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Summary of Contents for Adaptec AHA-1532P
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Page 1: Installation Guide
Installation Guide -1530P/1532P ™ Plug and Play AT-to-SCSI Host Adapter ™ with SCSISelect Utility... - Page 2 Overview This Installation Guide explains how to physically install and configure Adaptec AHA-1530 Plug and Play SCSI host adapters. AHA-1530P/ 1532P host adapters can be installed in Plug and Play ready PCs with little or no manual configuration.
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Page 3: Host Adapter Layout
SCSI Parity Checking Extended BIOS Translation for Drives >1 GByte Disabled Maximum Synchronous Transfer Rate Support Removable Disks under BIOS Send Start Unit Command Floppy Drive Controller AHA-1532P only Label Description Switch Block Floppy Drive Controller AIC-3350 Plug and Play... -
Page 4: Installing The Host Adapter
Controlling Floppy Drives (AHA-1532P only) If you do not want to use the onboard floppy drive controller on your AHA-1532P host adapter, set sw5 to On to disable it. If you connect the floppy drives to the AHA-1532P floppy controller you must disable other floppy controllers in the PC. -
Page 5: Connecting Peripheral Devices
Disabling the BIOS The AHA-1530P/1532P onboard BIOS is enabled by default. This allows you to boot your PC from a SCSI disk drive connected to the host adapter. It also allows you to run the SCSISelect utility when your PC boots, as described in Section 6. However, when the onboard BIOS is enabled, the host adapter ’s IRQ and other resources are fixed and cannot be reas- signed by Plug and Play, unless the PC motherboard... - Page 6 If you need to set SCSI IDs with switches or jumpers, we recommend that you assign SCSI IDs 0 and 1 to the first two SCSI hard disk drives. Terminating SCSI Devices The SCSI bus is the cabling that connects SCSI devices to the AHA-1530P/1532P.
- Page 7 Be sure to terminate the last internal device attached to the cable. If you are using the AHA-1532P onboard floppy drive controller, connect the 34-pin floppy ribbon cable to the host adapter’s floppy connector. Be sure to maintain pin-1 orientation.
- Page 8 Connecting External SCSI Peripherals Follow these steps to connect the host adapter to SCSI disk drives, CD-ROM drives, and other external devices. Attach the connector of a 50-pin, high-density external SCSI cable to the host adapter ’s external SCSI connector. (External cables can only be plugged in one way, so pin-1 orientation is automatic.) Plug the other end of the cable into one of the two...
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Page 9: Configuring The Host Adapter
If the AHA-1530P/1532P onboard BIOS is disabled, you must run an executable version of SCSISelect called 1530cfg.exe . You can download this file from the Adaptec BBS. (The BBS phone number is listed on page 10 of this Installation Guide.) Use the and Enter keys to make selections. -
Page 10: Troubleshooting Checklist
Menu, a list of installed SCSI devices appears. When you select a device, the Utilities menu appears. Format Disk runs the Adaptec SCSI low-level for- mat utility. Verify Disk Media scans the selected device's media for defects. If it finds bad blocks, it prompts you to reassign them. - Page 11 Adaptec Customer Support Services For information on software upgrades, new releases, technical advice, and other topics, call the Adaptec Electronic Bulletin Board Service (BBS) 24 hours a day at 408-945-7727; 1200/2400/9600/14400 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
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Page 12: Fcc Compliance Statement
Line at 800-959-SCSI (7274), or 408-945-2550. M–Th: 6:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., F: 6:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Pacific Time. To order Adaptec software and cables, call 800-442-SCSI (7274) or 818-365-6264. M–F: 6:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Pacific Time. If you are calling from outside the U.S. and Canada, the number is 408-957-SCSI (7274).
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