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- DOCUMENT:Q92765 24-JAN-1994 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Terminating a SCSI Device
- 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
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Summary:
-
- The release notes mention the importance of terminating SCSI devices
- on both ends. They also mention that the Future Domain 845 and 1660
- cards do not have termination power. These two issues are related, but
- they are not the same.
-
- The SCSI bus must be terminated on both ends of the bus. Someone on
- the SCSI bus needs to provide termination power (5V) to allow the
- pull-up resistors to terminate the bus properly.
-
- The FD 845 has termination resistor packs on the card. This card does
- not place 5V on the termination power wire on the SCSI bus. These
- cards rely on the attached SCSI devices to provide 5V on the
- termination pin, so your SCSI device must be configured to provide
- termination power. Termination power is generally supplied by all SCSI
- devices, but is typically switchable. If no one on the bus provides
- termination power, your SCSI bus will not function correctly.
-
- For example, to terminate the card/bus on the internal side, set your
- CD-ROM to provide termination power. Leave the resistor packs in the
- FD. Place a terminator on the CD-ROM drive (if that is the last
- device).
-
- More Information:
-
- On SCSI adapters that have both an internal and an external connector,
- the "ends" of the SCSI bus are defined as follows:
-
- - If you have only external devices (no internal devices), one end of
- the bus is the last device in the external chain. The other end of
- the bus is the card itself. In this case, the last device in the chain
- must be terminated, and the resistor packs on the card itself must be
- in place.
-
- -or-
-
- - If you have only internal devices (no external devices), one end of
- the bus is the last device in the internal chain. The other end of
- the bus is the external connector on the adapter (or the card itself).
- In this case, the last device in the internal chain must be terminated.
- You have a choice of leaving the resistor packs on the card, or
- removing them and placing a SCSI terminator on the external connector.
-
- -or-
-
- - If you have both internal and external devices attached, the ends of
- the bus are defined as the last device in the external chain and the
- last device in the internal chain. In this case, the resistor packs
- on the card itself must be removed, and only the last device in each
- must be terminated.
-
- Additional reference words: win32 winhwre
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- KBSubCategory: HRDWR
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