Using The Scsi Card 2906 And Scsi Devices; Using Scsi Devices; Hard Disk Drives; Scanners - Adaptec AVA-2906 User Reference Manual

Using the SCSI Card 2906
and SCSI Devices
This section provides useful information on using the SCSI Card
2906 and your SCSI devices. For specific information, refer to the
documentation that came with your SCSI device.

Using SCSI Devices

Hard Disk Drives

You cannot boot your computer from a drive connected to the
SCSI Card 2906. To boot your system, a bootable hard disk
drive must already be installed on a different SCSI card or IDE
card.
If both SCSI and non-SCSI (for example, IDE) disk drives are
installed and the SCSI Card 2906 is the only SCSI card in your
system, then the non-SCSI disk drive is usually the boot drive.

Scanners

You must install the scanner manufacturer's proprietary soft-
ware drivers. See your scanner's documentation for details. If
the Adaptec driver loads successfully and you have problems
with your system, contact your scanner manufacturer for
support.
You may need to make the following two system changes to
help your scanner work well in your system. Run 2906 cfg.exe
to begin SCSISelect. Select Configure/View Host Adapter Set-
tings. Then select the SCSI Device Configuration option and
find the device ID for your scanner (0 through 6).
– Change Initiate Sync Negotiation to No.
– Change Sync Transfer Rate to 5.0.
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