Adaptec AHA-1540B Installation Guide download pdf (Page 9)

Reassembling and Starting the PC

Follow these steps to reassemble and power the PC:

1 Check SCSI cable connections. They may have

been loosened if you had to change switch set-

tings on the SCSI device(s).

2 Replace the PC chassis cover, following the

instructions in your PC’s documentation.

3 Be sure all power switches are OFF, then recon-

nect the power cables to your PC.

4 Turn ON the power for the external SCSI devices,

and then turn

ON the PC.

At system bootup the host adapter BIOS sign-on

message appears on the monitor. The host adapter

finds devices on the SCSI bus and assigns SCSI IDs

to SCAM devices.

Configuring the SCSI Bus

Your host adapter includes the SCSISelect utility,

which lets you change SCSI configuration settings

without opening your PC or editing configuration

files. In a Plug and Play system you seldom need to

change the default settings. However, you may want

to change some SCSI features for particular devices

to optimize performance or use the formatting or

diagnostic utilities.

Running the SCSISelect Utility

If the AHA-1540CP/1542CP onboard BIOS is

enabled with switches, you can start the SCSISelect

utility by pressing Ctrl-A when the prompt appears

at boot time. (The default for the BIOS is enabled.)

Also, an executable version of SCSISelect

(

cpconfig.exe

) is available on the Adaptec BBS. The

BBS phone number is listed on page 12 of this Instal-

lation Guide.

Use the ↑, ↓, and Enter keys to make selections. Press

Esc to return to the previous menu. Press F6 to

restore the originally manufactured SCSISelect

default values. To abandon changes made, press Esc

and select No when prompted to save the changes.

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