Re: RAMFast / SCSI question

[bazyar@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jawaid Bazyar)]

"Seth D. Kadesh" <thes+@CMU.EDU> writes:

>I think my RAMFast is dying (again).  Here's the story:

  Again? What happened the previous time?

>- sometimes it boots up fine.
>- sometimes I get a RAMFast memory error 0 or 1 (right at the GS
>copyright screen).
>- sometimes the drive seems to disappear.

>I know my memory card is fine, because I can boot from a floppy.

>I moved the RAMFast from slot 7 to slot 6, because I thought it might
>be getting hot sitting next to the memory card.  No change.

>If I hold down the zero key when I boot, I get the RAMFast ROM
>utilities, but there is no drive listed.  If I tell it to search the
>SCSI chain for the drive, the RF's version number changes from 3.00k
>to 0.00a, and it hangs (I'm willing to chalk up the number change to a
>screen mistake when the computer hangs).

  It could be the cable, or the drive, or the RAMfast.  Start easy - get
a new SCSI cable (they're not expensive) or try out a known good cable.
  If it's not the cable, try letting the drive warm up longer before you
start the computer.  You still get the "searching SCSI bus" messages, right?

>So, if the drive is not spinning up properly, would it disappear from
>the SCSI chain in the middle of my work?  Would the RAMFast hang (in
>the ROM utilities) if there's no drive?  What if the cable is bad?

  It shouldn't do that.

>Does CVTech still exist?  Do they still service their products?

  Yes and no. Sequential Systems is now providing tech support, sales,
and service on the RAMFast.  Our number is 1-800-999-1717.

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