SCSI is having problems

[illusha]

i just finished putting together this monster rackmounted computer based on guts pulled from IBM Netfinity 4500R 8656RY with dual PIII. It used to run good with a huge 64-bit PCI controller card, but now i am trying to get it to work with an onBoard SCSI, which is an ADAPTEC AIC-7899 (39160)...

the hard drive used to be hotswap, but has been pulled from its caddy. I had to get an mini adaptor card to go from Ultra160 (i think) on the drive side to a regular SCSI and a power connector on the other side. I can hear the drive spinning , however the BIOS does not show it at start up... when i went into the SCSI-select utility it only showed the host adaptor card on ID7, but no drives to manage...

During startup it says (under SCSI part of BIOS monologue)

Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS v 2.55
All rights reserved 1999

Time out failure during SCSI inquiry Command!
Rescanning for SCSI Devices.......
Time out failure during SCSI inquiry Command!
Rescanning for SCSI Devices.......
SCSI BIOS not installed!

i am having problems finding a different BIOS for this adapter from the one that i already (may) have, although i managed to find an XP driver on driverguide.com (which is the one i am assuming i should use during the 6-floppy install method...

anyone have any idea on what is going on???
and where is my SCSI BIOS???

 

[edfair]

Your adapter card is probably meant to be set at 15.
Generally boot devices are at ID0 or ID1.
And if you have another drive you possibly could set it at ID1 and activate the terminator on it. This would at least let you know you are dealing in the right location.

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