Adaptec 2940 U2W /w Asus P5GD1 help

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This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard drive.
The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is the
floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??

 

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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:20:12 GMT, "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
>roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard drive.
>The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
>When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is the
>floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>
>

Also check that you are running the latest BIOS on your SCSI card and CD-ROM
devices. I had a no-boot issue until I updated to AHA-2940U2W BIOS v2.57.2
dated 8 June 2000 (available at adaptec.com), and I needed to update a CD-ROM
BIOS as well.

HTH

 

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SCSI devices don't show up in the CMOS (sic). Use ^A to enter Adaptec setup.

"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
> This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
> roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard drive.
> The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
the
> floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>
>
>

 

[mercury]

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Have you got the boot rom in the scsi card enabled?
Without this enabled, boot options will not appear.


"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
> This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
> roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
> drive.
> The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
> the
> floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>
>
>

 

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Thanks guys, I do have the BIOS enabled and I did upgrade it to the version
you mentioned, which is most current. I get the option to select a SCSI CD
ROM as a boot device now, but now the system just hangs witha blank screen
where it would normally say press any key to boot from CD ROM. I'll play
with it a bit more to see if I can get it working.

Thanks


"H. Brown" <h_brown@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:74tt3156dg4it2itnmlb56nbfvnk6uar03@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:20:12 GMT, "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> >This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI
CD
> >roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
drive.
> >The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> >When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
the
> >floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
> >
> >
>
> Also check that you are running the latest BIOS on your SCSI card and
CD-ROM
> devices. I had a no-boot issue until I updated to AHA-2940U2W BIOS
v2.57.2
> dated 8 June 2000 (available at adaptec.com), and I needed to update a
CD-ROM
> BIOS as well.
>
> HTH
>

 

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Well, I upgraded everything (SCSI BIOS, firmware of one optical drive) but
was unable to find firmware for either of my two toshiba drives. Not sure
if that is the problem or not. All three drives will now who a bootable CD
ROM in the drive on startup, but the system hangs with a blinking cursor
right when "Press and key to boot from CD ROM" whould appear.

Any thoughts?


"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
> This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
> roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
drive.
> The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
the
> floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>
>
>

 

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"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:UuK%d.751248$6l.555656@pd7tw2no
> Thanks guys, I do have the BIOS enabled and I did upgrade it to the version
> you mentioned,

> which is most current.

No, it is not.

> I get the option to select a SCSI CD ROM as a boot device now, but now the
> system just hangs with a blank screen where it would normally say press any
> key to boot from CD ROM. I'll play with it a bit more to see if I can get it
> working.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "H. Brown" <h_brown@netzero.net> wrote in message news:74tt3156dg4it2itnmlb56nbfvnk6uar03@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:20:12 GMT, "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
> > > roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard drive.
> > > The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> > > When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is the
> > > floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Also check that you are running the latest BIOS on your SCSI card and CD-ROM
> > devices. I had a no-boot issue until I updated to AHA-2940U2W BIOS v2.57.2
> > dated 8 June 2000 (available at adaptec.com), and I needed to update a CD-ROM
> > BIOS as well.
> >
> > HTH

 

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cabling. termination?
Overlapping SCSI ID's?


"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:rTK%d.748074$Xk.444204@pd7tw3no...
> Well, I upgraded everything (SCSI BIOS, firmware of one optical drive) but
> was unable to find firmware for either of my two toshiba drives. Not sure
> if that is the problem or not. All three drives will now who a bootable
> CD
> ROM in the drive on startup, but the system hangs with a blinking cursor
> right when "Press and key to boot from CD ROM" whould appear.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
>> This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI
>> CD
>> roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
> drive.
>> The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
>> When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
> the
>> floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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I thought of that too, the problem is that I am using the exact same setp
that I used with my old machine, in fact, all I did literally, was unplug my
old MOBO (an ABIT IS7 Intel 865) and take it out and plug the new board in
with cpu and ram in. I didn't even uplug the cables from the scsi card and
it was working perfectly for 2 years before this. Very puzzling.



"Tim" <Tim@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:d1nuiu$oai$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> cabling. termination?
> Overlapping SCSI ID's?
>
>
> "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:rTK%d.748074$Xk.444204@pd7tw3no...
> > Well, I upgraded everything (SCSI BIOS, firmware of one optical drive)
but
> > was unable to find firmware for either of my two toshiba drives. Not
sure
> > if that is the problem or not. All three drives will now who a bootable
> > CD
> > ROM in the drive on startup, but the system hangs with a blinking cursor
> > right when "Press and key to boot from CD ROM" whould appear.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> > "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> > news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
> >> This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI
> >> CD
> >> roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
> > drive.
> >> The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot
options.
> >> When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up
is
> > the
> >> floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any
ideas??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

 

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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:04:59 +0100, "Folkert Rienstra" <see_reply-to@myweb.nl>
wrote:

>"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:UuK%d.751248$6l.555656@pd7tw2no
>> Thanks guys, I do have the BIOS enabled and I did upgrade it to the version
>> you mentioned,
>
>> which is most current.
>
>No, it is not.

Yes, it is.

What are you talking about?

 

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According to the Adaptec website, v2.57.2 is the most recent BIOS for the
2940 U2W.


"H. Brown" <h_brown@netzero.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:04:59 +0100, "Folkert Rienstra"
<see_reply-to@myweb.nl>
> wrote:
>
> >"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:UuK%d.751248$6l.555656@pd7tw2no
> >> Thanks guys, I do have the BIOS enabled and I did upgrade it to the
version
> >> you mentioned,
> >
> >> which is most current.
> >
> >No, it is not.
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> What are you talking about?

 

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Funny, both my 2940 UW and U2W are 3.10. The URL for them is posted every few months in comp*scsi.

"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:BG30e.759963$6l.471651@pd7tw2no...
>
> According to the Adaptec website, v2.57.2 is the most recent BIOS for the
> 2940 U2W.
>
>

 

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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:17:58 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Funny, both my 2940 UW and U2W are 3.10. The URL for them is posted every few months in comp*scsi.
>
>"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:BG30e.759963$6l.471651@pd7tw2no...
>>
>> According to the Adaptec website, v2.57.2 is the most recent BIOS for the
>> 2940 U2W.
>>
>>

It seems Adaptec has made v.3.1 "publically available" essentially at the
bottom of a locked filing cabinet downstairs in a disused lavatory with a sign
on the door "Beware of the Leopard."

 

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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:17:58 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Funny, both my 2940 UW and U2W are 3.10. The URL for them is posted every few months in comp*scsi.

I can only find the link to the 2940UW. I need the link to the 2940U2W
version.

TIA

>
>"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:BG30e.759963$6l.471651@pd7tw2no...
>>
>> According to the Adaptec website, v2.57.2 is the most recent BIOS for the
>> 2940 U2W.
>>
>>

 

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I would like that link as well if anone has it. So am I to understand v3.1
was not officially released by adaptec or what?




"H. Brown" <h_brown@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:qdi3415ef414fftj8ctb4scpapruh9pee3@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:17:58 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> >Funny, both my 2940 UW and U2W are 3.10. The URL for them is posted every
few months in comp*scsi.
>
> I can only find the link to the 2940UW. I need the link to the 2940U2W
> version.
>
> TIA
>
> >
> >"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:BG30e.759963$6l.471651@pd7tw2no...
> >>
> >> According to the Adaptec website, v2.57.2 is the most recent BIOS for
the
> >> 2940 U2W.
> >>
> >>
>

 

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"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:yyo0e.762672$Xk.28024@pd7tw3no...
> I would like that link as well if anone has it. So am I to understand v3.1
> was not officially released by adaptec or what?
>
It was found on Adaptec's site, probably in europe. It is not supported, but
seems to work fine.

I have posted it to news:comp.binaries.ibm.pc

 

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"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d1t9a104g2@enews3.newsguy.com...

> It was found on Adaptec's site, probably in europe. It is not supported,
but
> seems to work fine.
>
> I have posted it to news:comp.binaries.ibm.pc
>
Dead group. news:alt.binaries.comp, a couple minutes ago.

 

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Well, I would say thanks a million, but for some reason outlook express will
only let me look at the latest 500 headers from the 30,000+ in that
particular group, so I can't see your post. Is there any reason why you
can't post it here?



"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d1td054ah7@enews3.newsguy.com...
> "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d1t9a104g2@enews3.newsguy.com...
>
> > It was found on Adaptec's site, probably in europe. It is not supported,
> but
> > seems to work fine.
> >
> > I have posted it to news:comp.binaries.ibm.pc
> >
> Dead group. news:alt.binaries.comp, a couple minutes ago.
>
>
>

 

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"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:mLr0e.767709$8l.754198@pd7tw1no...
> Well, I would say thanks a million, but for some reason outlook express
will
> only let me look at the latest 500 headers from the 30,000+ in that
> particular group, so I can't see your post. Is there any reason why you
> can't post it here?
>
It's a 400K posting, people get annoyed about those in comp.* .

 

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"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:yyo0e.762672$Xk.28024@pd7tw3no
> I would like that link as well if anyone has it.

Google has it.

> So am I to understand v3.1 was not officially released by adaptec or what?

It was previously linked from the Adaptec Germany site until Adaptec decided
that informing their customers was not in their best interest and they removed
lots of great info from their sites and they shutdown the german site entirely
(it's now only a german shell for the US website).

The links have gone, the files that they linked to are still there.


>
>
> "H. Brown" <h_brown@netzero.net> wrote in message news:qdi3415ef414fftj8ctb4scpapruh9pee3@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:17:58 -0800, "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Funny, both my 2940 UW and U2W are 3.10. The URL for them is posted every few months in comp*scsi.
> >
> > I can only find the link to the 2940UW. I need the link to the 2940U2W version.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > >
> > > "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:BG30e.759963$6l.471651@pd7tw2no...
> > > >
> > > > According to the Adaptec website, v2.57.2 is the most recent BIOS for the
> > > > 2940 U2W.

 

[mercury]

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Try tools menu, Get Next 300 Headers.You can set the number to fetch
underTools, Options.


"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:mLr0e.767709$8l.754198@pd7tw1no...
> Well, I would say thanks a million, but for some reason outlook express
> will
> only let me look at the latest 500 headers from the 30,000+ in that
> particular group, so I can't see your post. Is there any reason why you
> can't post it here?
>
>
>
> "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d1td054ah7@enews3.newsguy.com...
>> "Eric Gisin" <ericgisin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:d1t9a104g2@enews3.newsguy.com...
>>
>> > It was found on Adaptec's site, probably in europe. It is not
>> > supported,
>> but
>> > seems to work fine.
>> >
>> > I have posted it to news:comp.binaries.ibm.pc
>> >
>> Dead group. news:alt.binaries.comp, a couple minutes ago.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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I have v3.1 now, I will give it a try on Sunday, hopefully it will fix the
problem. Thanks to everyone for all of the help.




"The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
> This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
> roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
drive.
> The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
the
> floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>
>
>

 

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.... and where did you get it?
I'm really interested too.

Erik



The Guy schrieb:
> I have v3.1 now, I will give it a try on Sunday, hopefully it will fix the
> problem. Thanks to everyone for all of the help.
>
>
>
>
> "The Guy" <sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
>
>>This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
>>roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard
>
> drive.
>
>>The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
>>When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is
>
> the
>
>>floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

 

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"Erik Höck" <erik-hoeck@t-online.de> wrote in message news:d233vo$eoh$00$1@news.t-online.com
> ... and where did you get it?

> I'm really interested too.

Not really that interested to do a google search.

>
> Erik
>
>
>
> The Guy schrieb:
> > I have v3.1 now, I will give it a try on Sunday, hopefully it will fix the
> > problem. Thanks to everyone for all of the help.
> >
> >
> > "The Guy" sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
> >
> > > This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
> > > roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard drive.
> >
> > > The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
> > > When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is the
> >
> > > floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??

 

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Folkert Rienstra schrieb:
> "Erik Höck" <erik-hoeck@t-online.de> wrote in message news:d233vo$eoh$00$1@news.t-online.com
>
>>... and where did you get it?
>
>
>>I'm really interested too.
>
>
> Not really that interested to do a google search.


Oh, yes! I did and for sure found some hints about the 3.1.
But no active links to load ;(



>
>>Erik
>>
>>
>>
>>The Guy schrieb:
>>
>>>I have v3.1 now, I will give it a try on Sunday, hopefully it will fix the
>>>problem. Thanks to everyone for all of the help.
>>>
>>>
>>>"The Guy" sillyass8@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:wIt%d.744847$Xk.357874@pd7tw3no...
>>>
>>>
>>>>This board will not give me to option to boot from any one of my 3 SCSI CD
>>>>roms. I also have two 9 gig SCSI hard drives and a SATA 16 gig hard drive.
>>>
>>>>The boot options menu in CMOS shows only my 3 hard disks as boot options.
>>>>When I disconnect all three HD's , the only boot option that shows up is the
>>>
>>>>floppy drive. I need to reinstall windows badly, anyone have any ideas??
>
>