But wouldnt AHA timeout mean instead an IRQ conflict with the controller?
Does the cd rom probe correctly?

I remember getting an ne0: timeout when the irq was not correct on my
machine

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@pobox.com>
To: "Todd Gruhn" <tgruhn2@mail.com>
Cc: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI BUS on the fritz


> On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 03:59:56PM -0400, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > 4d ago, I bought a refurbed (probably not the smartest thing to
> > do) 2GB CFP2107E drive. I finally got it connected today --
> > I was told it is a "SUN DRIVE", it has no termination. So I made
> > it SCSI id=0 and made the CD SCSI id=1 and terminated, and put
> > the CD on the terminal connector on the SCSI cable. Gues what,
>
> Wait, let me see if I read this correctly. You have
>
> SCSI card (terminated) --- HD id=0 --- CD id=1 --- terminator
>
> Did I get that right?
>
> > I got the message again: AHA(0:0:0) timed out. Whats going on
> > here! Can the SCSI adapter wear out!? Any ideas?
>
> Are you sure you have termination power on the bus? Some
> drives supply it, some don't. If you had a drive that did
> supply it and you replaced it with a drive that didn't
> supply termination power then you will have problems.
>
> Your cables are fine? Just last week I couldn't get a box
> running with a SCSI card, turns out I had a crimp in my
> cable. *sigh*
> --
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