adding SCSI drive to XP system

[ryan010101]

I added SCSI card and SCSI hard drive to my PC and I cannot access it. XP recognizes both the card and the drive and the drive shows up in Computer Management but I can't access the drive in Windows Explorer or any other way. In event viewer I am getting the error "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Scsi\asc35501". I've tried two different SCSI HDs both have the same problem.

Any clue what the problem could be?

thanks
Ryan

 

[mainegeek]

Is this a new drive?
Did you prep it (partition & format)?

 

[m130]

I am assuming this but did you install the correct drivers for the SCSI card. BIOS will see the card but that does not mean that the drivers are there. The card has to have drivers.. Sounds like the drivers could be loaded or try reloading them. At boot up make sure it says it in the post on the screen in XP. Also, is it a Tekram or Adaptec? Adaptec is the better of the two.

Marty

 

[ryan010101]

It is not a new drive, it is a drive from an old server we have sitting around. I just put it in, I didn't format or anything, is that the problem?

When I booted up after installing the card, XP found it and installed the drivers automatically. I went to the manufacturers site (it's made by SIIG) and it says the XP drivers come with XP so I'm assuming it installed the correct drivers.

thanks for the help

 

[edfair]

You have possible ID problems and possible termination problems.
And it probably wouldn't hurt to fdisk ,remove partitions, recreate it, reboot and format.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[twitty]

I have a similar problem with my XP machine. I have an adaptec scsi controller and 2 quantum atlas 17GB hdds. My machine boots up fine. However after a couple of strange freezes which rendered my machine inoperable and resulted in a power off i looked in the event log to discover the exact message as above.

The drivers for the adpatec card are included in Windows XP and there are no additional drivers available anywhere. There also does not appear to be any bios updates for this card.

A previous post suggests that the termination may be the problem. Can anyone explain what this involves?

 

[Freestone]

One site that explains termination:

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/scsi/cablesTermination-c.html

 

[Grincho]

Alright

presuming that HDD is formated properly and that you only have 2 devices.

1. The controller need scsi Id 7 and the next device needs scsi 6. Use jumpers to acheive this. The should be marked but are alloted in binary ie 1,2,4,8,16 etc so to make 7 you need 1 and 2 and 4. got it. Also you need to terminate both ends even the external port on the controller.

Grincho

 

[jbotz]

You may need to write a signature to the drive in computer management. Right click on the drive (on the right side of the screen) and choose write signature.

 

[Grincho]

termination on a scsi external/external controller means terminating both ends of your scsi chain. ie sticking in a terminator.