#Adaptec/HD/CD from Hell
Hi. I need help configuring a system. I have a Dell 450 small footprint It
has an Adaptec 1542 card with a Maxtor Panther drive on it. We went to add a
Toshibia CD-ROM and ran into problems. I can run the drive fine or I can run
the CD-ROM fine, but I can't run the two together.
The problem seems to be that when the adapter looks at the drive, it assigns
ALL the SCSI addresses to the drive. I have spent HOURS!!! GRRRRRRRRR!!!!! on
hold with Adaptec only to be told that the card doesn't support the drive or
the CDROM, which I know is not true (particularly since I bought software to
drive the CDROM – FROM Adaptec – maybe I will call it Maladaptec from now
on.) I suspect that I have configured the card and or drive improperly. Any
ideas on this? Thanks, Kyrie