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- From: J_Plewka@Amtrash.comlink.de (Joern Plewka)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3000 SCSI questions
- Date: 14 Jan 96 14:14:10 +0100
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- csanii@bnr.ca (Cyrus Sanii) -> "A3000 SCSI questions"
- (08.01.1996)
- > I have an A3000 with the following setup:
- >
- > 52Mb internal SCSI id 0
- > 340Mb internal SCSI id 6 end of internal chain
- >
- > 40Mb external SCSI id 3
- > Tape SCSI id 4
- > 40Mb external SCSI id 1
- > CDROM SCSI id 2 end of external chain
- >
- > NOTE: None of the termination resistor packs have been removed.
- > All the devices seem to work properly
- >
- > 1)I was under the impression that SCSI buses required the all the termination
- > resistor packs be removed except the last one in the chain. Is this required
- > or is it just a recommendation? What are the issues of not removing them?
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- Burning up the drivers of each device...REMOVE IT NOW!
- The aim of a terminator is to terminate the bus...if you terminate it everywhere
- there is no real effect!??!
- >
- > 2)My machine has a separate power supply for the external devices. Without all
- > devices being powered up the machine will not boot.
-
- Forced by the terminators of a wrong placed diode on the mainboard...
- (I would say if it was right in your machine...you`ve toasted it now ;-((.
- It`s a small diode (100mA) which isn`t able to supply your army of
- terminators...)
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- Replace it to 1N400x or a good shottky diode with less voltage-drop.
- You should check the order or this diode...with a multimeter!
-
- However with the tape
- > drive and one SCSI harddrive connected my machine can boot without these
- > devices being powered up. The same holds true for the CDROM and one harddrive.
- > What might be causing this anomaly? Is there a way to get it so my machine
- > can boot regardless of whether the external devices are powered up or not?
-
- Yes, that would be normal ;-((
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