Tekram Technology DC-820B manual Eisa Fast Scsi Caching Adapter

EISA Fast SCSI Caching Adapter

2.No BIOS message from DC-820B appears on the screen:

n ROM address conflicting with other I/O card(s) -> check the ROM addresses of all the I/O cards and make sure none are conflicting

n VGA card with “Fast Address Decode” option enabled -> this may cause all I/O cards that employ 8-bit ROM BIOS, DC-820B in- cluded, not to be recognized. Please disable this option, if possible.

3.Missing operating system (normally happens in drives previously used with other adapters):

n Under BIOS (INT 13H) -> please refer to guideline 1. If correct, then go on to perform partitioning by using the DOS FDISK command

4.FDC error:

n Could be more than one FDC enabled -> make sure only one FDC is enabled

5.Devices not recognized:

n Check if the cabling and terminators are properly installed

n Some specific drives, such as Hitachi's, need more power-on delay time. Try to set the Power ON Delay for SCSI Devices option to a longer dealy.

6.Cannot access your adapter when executing the ECU:

n Could be installed in a slot not supporting the bus master -> refer to the mainboard menu and install your adapter into a bus-master sup- porting slot

7.Possible incompatibility problems when enabling the DOS 5 support option in ECU:

n Due to the condition of occupying the 1KB (639KB-640KB) memory space, some software programs, such as virus-protection programs, may issue false alarms.

8.Surprisingly fast "FORMAT" means not completed ?:

n The "FORMAT" is actually done. Due to that the time-consuming command (READ VERIFY) is ignored to improve the performance, your drive will respond to the FORMAT command very quickly.

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