Re: RamFAST and 45 second message

[adrissmn@gopher.chem.wayne.edu (Avi Drissman)]

Jason Perez (jasonp@norton.sps.mot.com) wrote:
:   I recently moved.  After hooking up my //gs, which was working
: perfectly fine, and booting it up the RamFAST displays the
: annoying "Searching SCSI bus... make take upto 45 seconds..."
: message.  I hooked up my 2 external drives the same way as
: before and I didn't get this message.  It doesn't take 45
: seconds, more like about 20, and only on power-up (not
: subsequent reboots).  What is the deal?

It just started happening? Hmmm... Beats me... I kept my RF on
short timeout (options) after I got sick of waiting.

: It does have a serial number that is in the realm that needs
: one (or 2?) of the chips replaced for Second Sight support.

2 chips. Get it fixed. If you don't then it could start corrupting 
data.

Good luck!
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