06-29-15 12:00 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about SCSI Adapter Startup   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <5591C23A.14225.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml> 28 Jun 15 17:16, you wrote to me:   
   Howdy! Mark,   
      
    EV> This is an old message I'm using to write this reply to You.   
      
    ml> i remember it...   
      
   Did remembering it cause You to get nightmares?   
   -snip-   
    ml> this actually seems to be normal... my systems that use(s) SCSI   
    ml> controllers and highspeed PATA interfaces (100+mb transfer)   
    ml> showed each connector as they were tested to see if there was a   
    ml> drive connected to them...   
      
    EV> I used Hibernate when I turned the XP box Off last night.   
      
    ml> that may be part of the difference... i don't know if there's   
    ml> anything special that these cards should be told to do when the   
    ml> system is going to sleep or into hibernation...   
   -snip-   
    EV> There isn't any other SCSI device between the Adapter and the Drive,   
    EV> and the other connector on the Drive is unused.   
      
    ml> sounds like there may be some dust or something across contacts   
    ml> somewhere that may be conducting a little bit causing the card   
    ml> to take a closer look...   
      
   I'll use some Contact Cleaner on it.   
   I'm not the first owner of the Card and HHD so it may need cleaning.   
   -snip-   
    EV> I looked in Device Settings for the SCSI Card Properties.   
      
    EV> It's called Advansys SCSI Host Adapter made by Advanced System Products   
      
    EV> Location: PCI Slot 3 (PCI bus 3, device 9, function 0)   
      
    ml> looks pretty normal...   
      
   When I refer to myself I've quit using the word 'Normal'.   
   Regular is the word I use now, I'm not normal.   
   Ham Radio, Computers, Photography and et cetra.....   
      
    EV> Have You or Any Others in this echo seen Drive Not Ready when a SCSI   
    EV> Adapter is starting up, when there isn't any device using that SCSI   
    EV> Device Number?   
      
    ml> my PATA and SATA systems appear to show all connections when   
    ml> booting up... only those with drives attached get a name or ID   
    ml> printed beside them... the others may say something about "not   
    ml> connected" or "not ready"... really nothing to be concerned   
    ml> with as far as i can see ;)   
      
   Long time ago I thought the HDD in this XP box was IDE because I would   
   see a line on the screen when I turned the box On that said something   
   about checking IDE Drives.   
      
   A moment after that line shows up I see several lines flash on the   
   screen only for a instant and then the SCSI Adapter gets initialized.   
      
   It was a long time before I learned that those lines I saw for only a   
   moment was where the pc was reporting what SATA connections it saw.   
      
   Thanks Again!   
      
   P.S. I was looking around Waldo's Place BBS a few days ago and learned   
   that the W in wkitty meant 'White'.   
      
      
   ... If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?   
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