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S. Bhawmik wrote:
> 
> I have recently installed an adaptec AHA2840VL SCSI host adapter.
> However, it seems that Warp is failing to recognize the card.
> Following are the scenarios:
> 
> 1. With the host adapter bios enabled, during boot time
> the card is recognized and the "AHA2840 ...." banner is displayed
> allong with the message to press ctrl-a to invoke the scsiSelect
> utility. However, almost immediately a message is displayed
> saying "can't locate host adapter" "Bios not installed".
> Following this message Warp does boot successfully, however
> RMVIEW shows no trace of the host adapter (as well as the
> selective install window).
> 
> 2. SInce currently I have only a CDROM drive connected to the
> adadpter I was suggested to disable the host adapter BIOS. I did
> that, however, Warp still did not identify the adapter.
> 
> My questions are:
> 1. Why is warp failing to recognize the 2840 adapter? How can I
> make it to recognize the card?
> 
> 2. The default IRQ for the adapter is 11. Although this IRQ is
> free on my machine but the documentation (whatever skimpy I have)
>  suggests  that I should use IRQ 15 for the SCSI adadpter. With
> the bios disabled I am not able to invoke the scsi select
> utility (which seems to be the only way to change IRQs on this
> card). So, is there any way to change the IRQ settings on this card.
> (BTW: Since I bought this card as an OEM version, I dont
> have EZ_SCSI or CorelSCSI with me).
> 
> Any help will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks
> Sudipta Bhawmik

First make sure that you are loading aic7770.add in your config.sys.
IRQ 11 is fine if it doesn't conflict with anything else.
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Chester Mccarter, CNE
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