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I NST ALLA TION G UIDE SCSI C ARD 1505 AD AP T E C[...]
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1 I NTRODUCTION W ith the SCSI Card 1505, you can c onnect up to seven SCSI peripher- als to an y IBM-compatible comput er with ISA expansion slots. This installation guide provides step-by-st ep instructions for : • Installing the SCSI Car d 1505 • Connecting internal SCSI peripherals • Connecting external SCSI peripherals • Installing the[...]
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2 Locate an unused ISA expansion slot (ty pically black) and remov e the expansion slot co ver . Sav e the slot cov er screw for use in Step 5. Computers ma y hav e vertical or horizontal expansion slots. R efer to your c omputer manual to locat e the ISA slots. Re move the SCSI Car d 1505 from its antistatic packaging . Alwa ys handle the card by [...]
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3 C ONNECTING I NTERNAL SCSI P ERIPHERALS S TEP 5 S TEP 1 S TEP 2 V erify each int ernal SCSI peripher al you are installing is set t o a unique SCSI ID from 0 to 6. Refer to the peripheral’ s documen- tation to determine the SCSI ID setting. If an y two SCSI peripherals (internal or external) you are c on- necting to the SCSI Card 1505 ha ve the[...]
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R emov ing the Resistor P acks Grasp the resistor pack near one end and gently lift until the pins are exposed. Do not remo ve all the way . Re peat for the other end. Grasp the resistor pack fr om the center and r emove. Repeat for the r emain- ing two resist or packs. Storing the Resistor Pa c k s Place the resist or packs in a safe place. When c[...]
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5 If it is difficult to reach the back of your internal SCSI peripherals w hen they are mounted in a drive bay , you ma y want to connect the internal SCSI peripherals to the SCSI cable and power supply (Steps 5-7 below) befor e instal ling and mounting each peripheral inside your computer . M ount each internal SCSI peripheral in an available driv[...]
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Connect the r emaining connect ors on the cable to an y remaining inter- nal peripherals (these per ipherals must not be terminated; see Step 2 abov e). Connect the other end of the cable to the last internal peripheral (this per ipheral must be terminat ed; see Step 2 abov e). 6 S TEP 6 S TEP 7 T erminated Internal SCSI Peripheral T erminated Inte[...]
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V erify each ext ernal SCSI peripheral you are installing has a unique SCSI ID from 0 to 6. Refer to the peripheral’ s documen- tation to determine the SCSI ID setting . If any two SCSI peripherals you are connecting t o the SCSI Card 1505 share the same SCSI ID, change the SCSI ID on one per ipheral. The SCSI Card 1505 is preset t o SCSI ID 7 an[...]
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8 Connect the other end of the cable t o a SCSI connect or on the back of the ext ernal SCSI peripher al. If you ar e installing only one external peripheral, terminate the peripheral. T ermination usually is contr olled by installing or remo v ing a SCSI terminator . On some per ipher- als, you use a switch or button on the back of the per ipheral[...]
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Connect all po wer cables to the ext ernal peripherals and computer . Continue with the next section to install the SCSI Card 1505 software driver for y our operating system. I NST ALLING THE SCSI 4 2 3 9 S TEP 5 Connect other ext ernal SCSI peripher als by connecting eac h peripheral to the previous one until all per ipherals are connect- ed. The [...]
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10 Computers with W indows 95 T urn on all external peripherals, if any , and then the computer . W indows 95 now will recognize the SCSI Card 1505 installed in your c omputer and will install the software driv er for it. I NST ALLING T HE SCSI C ARD 1505 S OFTWARE T o install the SCSI Car d 1505 software (software driv er), go to the sec- tion bel[...]
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Computers with D OS 6.x or A bove T urn on all external peripherals, if any , and then the computer . Insert the A daptec EZ-SCSI Setup Diskette in y our floppy disk drive. 11 Double-click the SCSI Controller icon. The driver for the SCSI Card 1505 is listed as the “ Adapt ec A V A-1505 SCSI H ost Adapt er . ” • If the driver is listed, the d[...]
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12 C ONGRA TULA TIONS ! Y ou ’ve finished installing SCSI Card 1505. T roubleshooting hints are in the next section. For additional troubleshooting hints and information on using and configuring the SCSI Card 1505 and SCSI peripherals, see the SCSI Card 1505 U ser’ s Reference . Most pr oblems w ith using the SCSI Card 1505 result from errors i[...]
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13 © 1997, Adaptec, Inc. All rights r eserved. Printed in Singapore Stock No.: 51 1494-00, Rev . B BKB 12/97 W e move the information that moves your w orld. ™ R Thank you! Thank you for pur chasing an A daptec product, a great investment to improve your system's perfor mance. Enjoy your SCSI system![...]