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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (9590)	12/12/1999 5:09:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (2) of 14778

Finally a breakthru!!..but more confusion as well I was unable to figure out how to directly connect the HD50 pin Jaz to the IDC50 pin mobo connector any more directly than I already have it. A HD50 to IDC50 adapter is reqiured and no way around that I can see. The only adjustment that I can see is shorter cables out of each end of that adapter. Am I missing something really obvious here? But more importantly...and as a result of tinkering around on the mobo... I was able to do the following, though, which has gotten the Jaz recognized by both SCSI BIOS and NT without any crashes. I disconnected the 68 pin cable on the mobo, which goes up to the scsi hdd and cd, and enabled tremination on the mobo adapter. During bootup only the Jaz is recognized as its now the only online device. Here's the confusing part... SCSI BIOS DOES NOT INSTALL! NT continues on to boot without problem. But I am now able to see/read/write successfully with the Jaz in NT. But without the SCSI BIOS installed how is this possible? And why doesn't the BIOS install in the first place without the 68 pin devices online? This excercise seems to point to a problem on the 68 pin cable not allowing NT to boot when the Jaz is connected. I now have more faith that a separate host adapter card for the Jaz would work. But having the SCSI BIOS not install yet a scsi device appearing to function properly without the BIOS is perplexing. Clarence

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