Re: RamFast troubles...

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article kmitchel@ink.org (Kirk Mitchell) writes...
>
>I've just run my GS through an extensive memory check (using Harold Hislop's
>BitBanger program), and when I tried to reboot (entire system, hard drive and
>CD-ROM were powered down), I got a:                            ^^^^^^^^^^
>^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>RAMFAST-SCSI FATAL MEMORY FAULT CODE =09        error message, though once
> 
>the code number was 01.

	I myself have had simular errors reported by the RamFast SCSI (Rev D,
v3.01ez), including quite a few others. However, my card is _not_ connected to
any SCSI devices whatsoever, sitting idle in slot #7. Apparently it's quite a 
common side-effect for strange things to happen (including random errors) if
the RamFast finds no devices on it's bus. Leaving SCSI devices connected but
powered down should have the same affect. I've also heard it's unsafe to 
power down SCSI devices when the RamFast scans the bus at startup (something 
about zapping the RF processor after x-number of times?) but _safe_ if the
card is sitting connected to nothing. At least according to Jawaid....

	In the meantime, I keep my slot #7 set to 'AppleTalk' so the card
is disabled and thus behaves (although I really hope those errors I got
were bogus -- would hate to discover my RF got zapped sitting in my GS by 
itself since this summer).

>Kirk B-{)

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca