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- DOCUMENT:Q105544 28-OCT-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :EISA Controllers May Cause Media Errors on ST2000 DATs
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- Some EISA controllers may cause erroneous media errors on the Conner
- ST2000 DAT. Attempts to back up and verify the tape will fail and you
- will receive the following error message:
-
- Fatal Error on Drive 1
-
- On the rare occasions that the back up and verify process does not
- fail, there will be several errors in the backup log. A large number
- of the files will be corrupt when restored.
-
- This problem occurs with all of Conner's 2 gigabyte (GB) tape drives.
- It is not operating system-specific. A firmware upgrade to version
- 2.66 or later corrects this problem.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- You can obtain the firmware version for the ST2000 DAT from within
- Windows NT in the following path of the Registry:
-
- WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause
- serious, system-wide problems that may require you to
- reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot
- guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of
- Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own
- risk.
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\Devicemap\Scsi\Scsi Port 0\Scis Bus 0\
- Target Id #\Logical Unit Id #
-
- Value 0
- Name: DeviceName
- Type: REG_SZ
- Data: Tape0
-
- Value 1
- Name: Identifier
- Type: REG_SZ
- Data: ARCHIVE Python 2.5
-
- Archive ST2000 DATs with firmware version 2.66 began shipping from
- Conner in August 1993. Firmware upgrades are available through Conner
- Technical Support at (800) 227-6296. Conner is currently shipping
- version 2.96.
-
- The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of
- Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these
- products' performance or reliability.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 archive
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: hrdwr
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- Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.