SCSI was the culprit

[Craig White]

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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