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Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

 
Ayman Altounji
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Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

When I connected the external 35/70 DLT tape drive to the on-board UW SCSI controller, no matter the tape drive was on or off, the system couldn't boot up and said a faulty SCSI cabel halts the system. It's a new cable and the only one can reach the drive with my setups. Any idea, besides changing cable? Thanks!!
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Ayman Altounji
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Re: Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

Is this a Compaq SCSI Cable ? if not , please obtain a Compaq external SCSI cable .
Ayman Altounji
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Re: Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

Yes, it's the cable that comes with Compaq DLT drive. Since I am not on site right now, I can't give you the p/n of the cable. Thanks!! It did show the message with an error ID 17xxxx in front of it.
Ayman Altounji
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Re: Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

Is there a cable on Port 1 of the embedded scsi (take off top panel, on mainboard). I have found that if there is a cable connected to this, it causes this error.
Ayman Altounji
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Ayman Altounji
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Re: Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

I think the drive cage connects to POrt 1 by default as a boot device. I connected the external DLT drive to the external port of embedded SCSI controller. Thanks guys for the helpful hints.
Ayman Altounji
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Re: Faulty Cable Halts System While Booting Up?

BTW, Roger H, when you said "removed" you mean the terminator or all the devices connected to it?