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- Page 1 NSTALLATION UIDE SCSI C 2906...
- Page 3 AVA-2906 SCSI Card 2906 Installation Guide...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Check the SCSI IDs Terminate the Ends of the SCSI Bus Connecting Internal SCSI Devices Connecting External SCSI Devices Installing the SCSI Card 2906 Software Computers with Windows 95/98 Computers with Windows NT 4.0 Computers with Windows 3.1 Computers with DOS 6.x or Above... -
Page 6: Introduction
SCSI Card 2906 Introduction With SCSI Card 2906, you can connect up to seven SCSI devices to any IBM-compatible computer with Bus Mastering PCI expansion slots. This installation guide provides step-by-step instructions for Installing the SCSI Card 2906 Preparing the SCSI devices... - Page 7 In the screen sample above, setting 10 is not listed and, therefore, is an available IRQ. Note: Do not use an IRQ below IRQ 9 for a SCSI Card 2906. Do not allow the SCSI Card 2906 and another card to share the same IRQ.
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Page 8: Installing The Scsi Card 2906
SCSI devices or one or more external SCSI devices, you will need additional cables not included in this package. These cables are described in the SCSI Card 2906 User’s Reference. Installing the SCSI Card 2906... - Page 9 Remove the SCSI Card 2906 from its antistatic packaging. Always handle the card by its edges. Insert the SCSI Card 2906 in the slot, pressing it down firmly so the gold fingers are seated in the slot as shown in the following diagram.
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Page 10: Preparing The Scsi Devices
Check the SCSI IDs The SCSI Card 2906 and each SCSI device you connect to it requires a unique SCSI ID number ranging from 0 to 7. The SCSI Card 2906 and each SCSI device must have a different ID number. The SCSI Card 2906 is preset to ID 7 and should not be changed. -
Page 11: Connecting Internal Scsi Devices
SCSI ID setting. If any two SCSI devices (internal or external) you are connect- ing to the SCSI card have the same SCSI ID, change the SCSI ID on one SCSI device. The SCSI Card 2906 is preset to SCSI ID 7 and should not be changed. - Page 12 SCSI devices to the SCSI cable and power supply (Steps 5 - 7 below) before securing each SCSI device inside your computer. Connect one end of the internal SCSI cable to the SCSI Card 2906 internal SCSI connector as shown below. Colored Stripe...
- Page 13 Connect the remaining connectors on the cable to any remain- ing internal SCSI devices as shown below (do not terminate these SCSI devices; see Step 2 above.) Terminated Internal SCSI Device Unterminated Internal SCSI Device SCSI Card 2906 Terminated Internal SCSI Device...
- Page 14 Reconnect the power cables to the computer. Install any software included with your SCSI device. Return to this installation guide and continue with Install- ing the SCSI Card 2906 Software on page 14. If you are installing external SCSI devices, continue with the next section.
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Page 15: Connecting External Scsi Devices
SCSI ID setting. If any two SCSI devices (external or internal) you are connect- ing to the SCSI Card 2906 have the same SCSI ID, change the SCSI ID on one SCSI device. The SCSI Card 2906 is preset to SCSI ID 7 and should not be changed. - Page 16 SCSI Card 2906 For each external SCSI device you install, you need a high- quality external SCSI cable. See the SCSI Card 2906 User’s Refer- ence for additional information on connecting your SCSI devices and ordering cables. Connect the other end of the cable to a SCSI connector on the back of the external SCSI device as shown below.
- Page 17 5 MBytes/sec. The DB-25 connector is not rated for higher speeds. Refer to the section titled Configuring the SCSI Card 2906 with SCSISelect in the SCSI Card 2906 User’s Reference. Connect the other external SCSI devices by connecting each SCSI device to the previous one until all SCSI devices are con- nected as shown below.
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Page 18: Installing The Scsi Card 2906 Software
Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the System icon, and then click the Device Man- ager tab. Double-click the SCSI Controller icon. The driver for the SCSI Card 2906 is listed as the “Adaptec AIC-7850 PCI SCSI Con- troller.”... -
Page 19: Computers With Windows Nt 4.0
Turn on all external SCSI devices and then the computer. Start Windows 3.1 on your computer and wait for the start-up process to finish. Insert the Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette for DOS and Windows 3.1 into the floppy disk drive. SCSI Card 2906... -
Page 20: Computers With Dos 6.X Or Above
Computers with DOS 6.x or Above Turn on all external SCSI devices and then the computer. Insert the Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette for DOS and Windows 3.1 into the floppy disk drive. At the DOS prompt, type a:\dosinst if you are using the A drive, or b:\dosinst if you are using the B drive. - Page 21 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two con- ditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Adaptec, Inc. Tested To Comply With FCC Standards...
- Page 22 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 1998 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior writ- ten consent of Adaptec, Inc., 691 South Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.
- Page 24 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 1998 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec, and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be regis- tered in some jurisdictions. Printed in Singapore STOCK NO.: 512169-00, Rev. A MPO 11/98...
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