Acer Altos 900 User Manual page 125

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Verify that the SCSI controller and the SCSI devices are properly configured
and installed.
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Be sure to cycle the power OFF and ON after changing any values on a SCSI
controller, in a Setup program, or on a SCSI device. Doing this ensures that
the new initial values are loaded.
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Be sure that the SCSI bus is properly terminated.
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Be sure that the disk is formatted and has a partition.
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Check cable connections and pin-1 orientation.
Using a SCSI Drive as C and Another SCSI Drive as D
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Make sure your computer's CMOS Setup is set to No Drives Installed, as is
required for SCSI host controllers.
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Be sure that the SCSI drive to be used as drive C is set to SCSI ID 0. Check the
disk drive manual for information on setting the SCSI ID for that device. You
can also use the SCSISelect utility to determine the SCSI addresses of
peripherals on the SCSI bus.
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Set the SCSI drive to be used as drive D to SCSI ID 1. Check the drive manual
for information on setting the SCSI ID for that device.
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Try enabling Include in BIOS Scan in the SCSI Device Configuration option
of the SCSISelect utility. See the section "SCSI Device Configuration".
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Be sure to cycle the power OFF and ON after changing any values on a SCSI
controller, in a Setup program, or on a SCSI device. This ensures that the new
initial values are loaded.
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Be sure that SCSI parity checking is consistently enabled or disabled on all
devices on the SCSI bus.
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