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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (9588)	12/12/1999 1:50:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

I don't have any Iomega sw or drivers loaded into DOS or W98. But I should still be able to see the Jaz without the sw or drivers, correct? Yes. If you can boot from a SCSI hard disk then you should be able to read and write to either your JAZ or your SCSI hard disk when running DOS and without loading any drivers. Your motherboard BIOS provides this capability. You don't need the Iomega sw or drivers with Windows if you use Microsoft's drivers. Most likely another dead end but if you can boot to Windows 98 try running "Add New Hardware" from the "Control Panel" to see what happens. Yes.. I have that SCSI Utility. When I run it the Jaz is shown and identified correctly. I also ran Verify Media from this utility on the Jaz without any problem. After exiting the utility, NT begins to boot and then crashes. Very confusing. To me it seems like if your BIOS can find your Jaz drive than Micrsoft's Windows operating system should be able to find your Jaz drive. My next suggestion is to break the problem up into smaller problems and start with the simplest configuration first. That is first disconnect your internal SCSI hard disk. Then run a SCSI cable directly from your motherboard to your Jaz. Preferably this should be a one piece cable. You want to eliminate anything that complicates the problem like 68 pin to 50 pin SCSI adapters. If necessary remove the side of your case and set the Jaz drive on a chair next to your case. If you can get this configuration working change one thing at a time and only one thing until you get back to your original configuration. Theoretically this should pin down the exact cause of your problem.