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ST5660A Installation Guide, Rev. B
If a warm boot causes a previously unrecognized drive to
become recognized, there may be a timing problem in which
the drive fails to become ready before the computer's power-
on self-test is complete.
One possible solution is to slow your computer's processor
speed during startup. If your computer has a turbo switch, set
it to slow speed before turning the computer on. If there is no
turbo switch, you may be able to use keyboard commands to
slow the processor speed; see your computer manual for
details. After the computer is up and running, return the
processor to the fast speed. Another solution is to warm-boot
your computer after every power-on.
• Check for I/O address conflicts. To isolate the conflict, first
verify that the drive and host adapter are compatible with your
computer by removing all peripheral adapter cards, except the
video card; then reinstall the drive and host adapter card. If
this is successful, reinstall the peripheral cards one at a time
until the conflict reoccurs.
After you have isolated the source of the address conflicts,
you can resolve the conflict by changing the I/O address of the
peripheral that appears to cause the conflict.
The dealer partitioned and high-level formatted the drive for
you in the store. Later, you installed the drive and it does not
work at all.
• Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up.
• Check all cables.
• Make sure the power supply is adequate to system needs.
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