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jpearson@polarcom.com (Jeremy Pearson) wrote:

>Please help me.
>
>I'm trying to add a SCSI HDD to my current system:
>
>486 dx2 66  --- Win 95 o/s
>540 meg Maxtor IDE HDD (C: drive, and staying that way)
>
>I have a Rancho Technologies  RT1000B SCSI host adaptor and a Fujitsu
>1 gig SCSI HDD that I want to add.
>
>Win 95 does not see either of the SCSI's (adaptor and HDD)
>
>The SCSI adaptor is seen by the system BIOS at boot up and the drive
>is also recognized (SCSI ID 00).
>
>Add new hardware does not find anything to add.

When you go into the device manager, what does it tell you about the
SCSI adapter? From the Control Panel go to System Properties and then
the Device Manager tab. Look for any exclamation points in yellow
circles, or red circles with a "prohibited" bar. Then double-click on
the device's icon. You will find information about possible conflicts,
which may require changing the IRQ on a sound card or something.

The second thing to try is to delete the adapter's driver as supplied
by Win95 and reinstall the device, this time from the disk you
received with the adapter card.

Once you get the SCSI adapter properly installed and recognized, it
should recognize the HDD as well.

If all of these things fail, there is another approach that should
work: Disconnect the IDE drive and start up the Win95 installation
process from the floppy disk. The first thing it will do is find your
SCSI drive and format it properly. Continue with the entire
installation process. Later you can reconnect the IDE drive and make
it the startup disk again.

-- John De Hoog, Tokyo