#Problem w Adaptec & Maxt
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I have installed an Adaptec 1542C SCSI controller and have an external Maxtor
XT-MXT-1240S 1.2GB FSCSI-2 harddrive connected with a 1 yd cable.
NT runs very slow and the Eventlog reports "The driver detected a controller
error on".
What is happening? Is there a problem with the Adaptec board or the Maxtor
harddrive?
Peter
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wehn you state that NT runs slowly, do you have more than 16 megs of ram of
system? The error you see in event log is probably an error 11. Both the
1542C and the maxtor 1240S work fine in NT.
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Bob,
I have tried to put the paging file on a different harddrive (an ordinary IDE
drive which is my boot drive) and then everything works smoothly. When I put
the paging file on the SCSI drive (Maxtor) the system almost stops and the
event log reports error 11 all the time. It is still working but it is very
slow.
The external 1.2GB Maxtor drive has two partitions – DOS and NTFS. When I run
DOS and check the DOS part of the drive it looks ok and works smoothly. The
problem is apparently between NT and the Adaptec board or NT and the Maxtor
drive.
Peter
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don't know what to say. I have a maxtor 1240S and it works very well. likewise
I am using a 1542cf without trouble. You have sync, parity and all set for the
drive? one thing is possible, if you have a mixed bus, there can be conflcits
of I/O time between buses. Famous in dos with bbus on/bus off paramter.
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