SCSI was the culprit

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Author: Craig White
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Subject: SCSI was the culprit
Yes, initio

They were very responsive - surprised me actually.

Craig

On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 03:57, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> You mean initio? I hadn't thought of contacting the company, because the card
> is three years old. It did work quite well at first. Actually, the brand
> name's a SIIG, which I guess the latter was reselling under its own name. (I
> bought a new SIIG SCSI from Fry's, an AP-10, and I can't find any drivers for
> it - so I may habe to take that one back.) The old initio card was in a Win98
> system that was in a 10-year-old case and had numerous problems, many of
> which seemed to be hardware-related (perhaps the power supply was getting
> flakey; as it runs much better in the new case.)
>
> Or if you mean Mandrake, I didn't contact them because I didn't buy support,
> and in any case, I assumed it was a hardware problem. Sadly enough, my tale
> of woe continues: Red Hat 9 is still not stable, and Mandrake 9.1 won't
> allow me to communicate over the network, even after reinstalling as a
> standard workstation with a normal security level. So there may be problems
> with my motherboard as well. Soyo (the motherboard manufacturer) has
> responded to my pleas, but the message was the standard "reset the CMOS"
> thing, which I don't expect to work, but I may end up trying anyway.
>
> Vaughn
>
> On Monday 28 April 2003 21:52, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 16:39, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > > Hello again:
> > > Thanks to Steve and Bryce for their suggestions on my system
> > > freeze/install hang problem. The initio SCSI card did seem to be the
> > > problem. I removed it and was able to install Mandrake 9.1. I put it
> > > back in and Mandrake 9.1 did not recognize it. On the one hand, I'd like
> > > to access my Jaz drive. On the other hand, the system is stable...
> >
> > ------
> > oddly enough, the company is quite supportive of the products (or had
> > been when I had to contact them)
> >
> > Craig
> >
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