Subject: Re: UltraDMA (was Re: Hotrod + 60GB Maxtor)
To: Jarkko Teppo <jarkko.teppo@er-grp.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/03/2003 21:40:26
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:45:59PM +0300, Jarkko Teppo wrote:
> >
> > It was suggested at the time that the PSU was overloaded, but I do not now
> > believe that to be the case:  even if the 133 protocol draws significantly
> > more power than UDMA 66 or 100 (I can't speculate on that), I have since
> > added a functional 1394 card to the PCI bus as well.
> >
> 
> I used to run this machine (AS 600) with four internal Barracudas,
> three SCSI-buses (ISP + AHA-2940) and three network cards. Now it has
> a 9GB IBM SCSI + 60GB Maxtor and relevant controllers. I don't think
> it's the PSU.
> 
> Is there something I could do to help to debug this ?

Maybe it's the drive ? Do you have a way to try another drive ?
Also did you try different PCI slots ?
If possible, test the adapter+cable+drive configuration in another
kind of machine (ideally a PC, this is where this hardware is the
most used)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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