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Help: Testing SCSI Drives in a Compaq
My main (SCSI)system no longer boots up completely and I would like to
find out if any of the hard drives are at fault. I picked up another system so I can access the internet, and was wondering if it is plausible to add a SCSI controller to it so that I can transfer the SCSI drives in my main system to to the working one to test them. My two systems are as follows: WORKING COMPUTER: ***************** Compaq Deskpro 350MHz Pentium 2 128MB RAM 4.3GB Hard drive 56K modem CD ROM drive sound/video USB NON-WORKING SCSI COMPUTER: ************************** 450Mhz Pentium 2 128mb Installed BIOS Award Modular Ver. 4.51 Award Plug & Play BIOS ext. Ver 1.0A INI-9100UW SCSI BIOS Ver 1.10 P2-BX(Ver 1.20) PGP2BXA Motherboard ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 8megs(PCI) Floppy drive(Generic) Win Cruise V.90 Modem SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 ASP(CT1770) SCSI controller KW-910U/UW (PCI-Ultra SCSI) CDrom CDU625(SONY)(SCSI ID #2) 1gb Jazz drive(SCSI ID #6)***Does not work*** 2.25gb IBM(DFHSS2W)(SCSI ID #1) 4.50gb Seagate(ST34572N)(SCSI ID #0) Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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Darren Harris wrote in message om... My main (SCSI)system no longer boots up completely What exactly where the symptoms you saw ? and I would like to find out if any of the hard drives are at fault. The usual approach is to boot from a bootable floppy and run a diagnostic from that if you cant actually boot the system at all. That alone would prove that the system can boot a floppy etc. I picked up another system so I can access the internet, and was wondering if it is plausible to add a SCSI controller to it so that I can transfer the SCSI drives in my main system to to the working one to test them. Sure, and you could try initially just moving the SCSI controller you already have from the dead system to the working one and see if it will boot with it in the system, with no drives attached. Then move one of the SCSI drives, see if it still boots etc. Or just give up on SCSI now and get a bigger IDE drive and put it in which ever system you prefer. My two systems are as follows: WORKING COMPUTER: ***************** Compaq Deskpro 350MHz Pentium 2 128MB RAM 4.3GB Hard drive 56K modem CD ROM drive sound/video USB NON-WORKING SCSI COMPUTER: ************************** 450Mhz Pentium 2 128mb Installed BIOS Award Modular Ver. 4.51 Award Plug & Play BIOS ext. Ver 1.0A INI-9100UW SCSI BIOS Ver 1.10 P2-BX(Ver 1.20) PGP2BXA Motherboard ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 8megs(PCI) Floppy drive(Generic) Win Cruise V.90 Modem SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 ASP(CT1770) SCSI controller KW-910U/UW (PCI-Ultra SCSI) CDrom CDU625(SONY)(SCSI ID #2) 1gb Jazz drive(SCSI ID #6)***Does not work*** 2.25gb IBM(DFHSS2W)(SCSI ID #1) 4.50gb Seagate(ST34572N)(SCSI ID #0) Any advice would be appreciated. I'd personally just give up on SCSI now with drives that small. |
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"Darren Harris" wrote in message om
My main (SCSI)system no longer boots up completely As in? and I would like to find out if any of the hard drives are at fault. Run SCSITool, www.nu2.nu/scsitool I picked up another system so I can access the internet, and was wondering if it is plausible to add a SCSI controller to it so that I can transfer the SCSI drives in my main system to to the working one to test them. You can, but since you had to ask (instead of already have done it) I would advice against it. My two systems are as follows: WORKING COMPUTER: ***************** Compaq Deskpro 350MHz Pentium 2 128MB RAM 4.3GB Hard drive 56K modem CD ROM drive sound/video USB NON-WORKING SCSI COMPUTER: ************************** 450Mhz Pentium 2 128mb Installed BIOS Award Modular Ver. 4.51 Award Plug & Play BIOS ext. Ver 1.0A INI-9100UW SCSI BIOS Ver 1.10 P2-BX(Ver 1.20) PGP2BXA Motherboard ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 8megs(PCI) Floppy drive(Generic) Win Cruise V.90 Modem SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 ASP(CT1770) SCSI controller KW-910U/UW (PCI-Ultra SCSI) CDrom CDU625(SONY)(SCSI ID #2) 1gb Jazz drive(SCSI ID #6)***Does not work*** 2.25gb IBM(DFHSS2W)(SCSI ID #1) 4.50gb Seagate(ST34572N)(SCSI ID #0) Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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Start with a Win ME/XP boot floppy and issue "fdisk /status". Any drive it
lists is working well enough to read the MBR. If a drive doesn't show up, put Bart's scsitool on the floppy and try that. "Darren Harris" wrote in message om... | My main (SCSI)system no longer boots up completely and I would like to | find out if any of the hard drives are at fault. | | I picked up another system so I can access the internet, and was | wondering if it is plausible to add a SCSI controller to it so that I | can transfer the SCSI drives in my main system to to the working one | to test them. | | NON-WORKING SCSI COMPUTER: | ************************** | 450Mhz Pentium 2 | 128mb Installed | BIOS Award Modular Ver. 4.51 | Award Plug & Play BIOS ext. Ver 1.0A | INI-9100UW SCSI BIOS Ver 1.10 | P2-BX(Ver 1.20) | PGP2BXA Motherboard | ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 8megs(PCI) | Floppy drive(Generic) | Win Cruise V.90 Modem | SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 ASP(CT1770) | SCSI controller KW-910U/UW (PCI-Ultra SCSI) | CDrom CDU625(SONY)(SCSI ID #2) | 1gb Jazz drive(SCSI ID #6)***Does not work*** | 2.25gb IBM(DFHSS2W)(SCSI ID #1) | 4.50gb Seagate(ST34572N)(SCSI ID #0) | |
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To elaborate. My pc started crashing at random. It would occur when
surfing the internet anywhere from 1 minute to a couple of hours into the session. Everything on the screen(including the cursor) would just stop, and I'd have to re-boot and log on again. The last time it happen, I was not allowed to completely re-boot, and upon subsequent attempts, depending how far I was able to get in the re-booting process, received various messages along the lines of the following: ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- "Abort,Retry,Ignore,Fail?" ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- "Registry file is not found. Registry services may be inoperative for this session." "While initializing device VKD:" "Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer." "Press any key to continue." ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- "General failure reading drive C" "C:\WINDOWS\system\vmm32.vxd:Missing/unable to load." ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- "The following file is Missing or Corrupted: HIMEM.SYS" "The following file is Missing or Corrupted: DBLBUFF.SYS" "The following file is Missing or Corrupted: IFSHLP.SYS" "Type in the name of the Command Interpereter.(eg.,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)" C_ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- All I can do when these messages appear is re-boot again. But the crashing will occur as early as near the beginning of the first screen(before the ram check). Diagnostics prgrams are obviously not an option, even if I could download them.(Most appear not to be able to fit on a single floppy). Nevertheless, my goal is to see if my main "C" drive is at fault, and to try to salvage what I can from it. My present system is as follows: HARDWARE -------- 450Mhz Pentium 2 128mb Installed BIOS Award Modular Ver. 4.51 Award Plug & Play BIOS ext. Ver 1.0A INI-9100UW SCSI BIOS Ver 1.10 P2-BX(Ver 1.20) PGP2BXA Motherboard ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 8megs(PCI) Floppy drive(Generic) Win Cruise V.90 Modem SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 ASP(CT1770) SCSI controller KW-910U/UW (PCI-Ultra SCSI) CDrom CDU625(SONY)(SCSI ID #2) 1gb Jazz drive(SCSI ID #6)***Does not work*** 2.25gb IBM(DFHSS2W)(SCSI ID #1) 4.50gb Seagate(ST34572N)(SCSI ID #0) 9.1gb Micropolis(3391WS) (In external case).(SCSI ID #4)/I have two more identical drives Windows98(4.10.1998) ***I have no disk or documentation for this copy.*** Internet Explorer(4.72.3110) PS/2 mouse Keyboard Monitor(IBM Model #7097-593) I have a Micropolis Radion case(3 bays) HP Netraid D4943-69002 3 channel controller SOFTWARE THAT I HAVE HARD-COPIES OF: ------------------------------------ Windows98(SE)CD & boot disk(FLOPPY) Motherboard(CD) SCSI controller(2 Floppies) Modem(CD) graghics card(CD) Installation disks for ISP(3 FLOPPIES). PartitionMagic5.0(CD) Drive Image 4.0(CD) Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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Yes, so? Read the other post(s) again.
What did three (3!) people tell you to do? "Darren Harris" wrote in message om To elaborate. My pc started crashing at random. It would occur when surfing the internet anywhere from 1 minute to a couple of hours into the session. Everything on the screen(including the cursor) would just stop, and I'd have to re-boot and log on again. [snip] Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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"Folkert Rienstra" wrote in message ...
Yes, so? Read the other post(s) again. What did three (3!) people tell you to do? Three things that don't work... More importantly, I re-posted because two people(including yourself) wanted details. Perhaps you should re-read the posts. Darren Harris Staten Island, New York. |
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