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In article <47bhp3$or7@homer.alpha.net> syndesis@beta.inc.net (John Foust) writes:


Just a quick WARNING

   GOOD CABLES BRING OUT THE WORST IN YOUR DEVICES

I upgraded my scsi cable to a granite digital w/active termination and 
my system went from unstable to really unstable.  I've been working with the
granite digital folks to help me identify and solve the problems.

It seems that the cable is so good (especially the active termination) and
the adaptec 2940 is so sensitive that
it allows a bad scsi device to interject noise on the cable when the cheap
cable seemed to damper most of the noise.  i.e., a great cable may bring
out the worst in your devices.  However, this is what I wanted - find the 
device and dump it.   

BTW - when my system is running good its
a little faster with the better cable.

I think I have identified my problem down to a Maynard 4 MM tape drive.
Took it off-line and have been running disk intensive apps for 15 hours or
so with no blue screens of death.  (this is a record).  

Good Luck

Eric P
efp@etechinc.com
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>In article <479h5m$nbf@panix.com>, fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman) says:
>>
>>> Does any of this ring a bell?  I think I'll invest in a
>>> nice SCSI-view cable, and active terminators...
>>
>>Buy a GOOD cable from REPUTABLE vendor and be prepared to pay $$$ for it.
>>I hear good things about Granite Digital and Amphenol, but neither is
>>cheap.  But then, how much is your time spent fighting this worth?

>Yes, I was on the phone with Granite Digital yesterday, and the
>best price for their stuff is currently through MacMall.  I don't
>mind spending money on good things, that's not the problem.

>The cable I have now was working fine with the same internal
>and external devices on a 486/66 with an Adaptec 2842.
>I literally moved all the devices from that machine to this
>Pentium 133 with its 2940 PCI, same IDs, same terminations.

>- John