[openbeos] Re: need help, file copying problems!

  • From: Kevin Field <kev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:36:29 -0400

Thanks for the info--it was a store-assembled one (and it's getting old, too),
so that may just be the cause.  I'll drag the ol' voltmeter out tonight and
see what it's reading.

Thanks,

Kev

----- Original Message ---------------
>This information may be redundant - forgive me for boring you.
>
>SCSI -  Must have termination at both  'ends'  of the cable.
>          - The controller card/motherboard usually has termination 
>built in.
>             So that end of the cable is already taken care of.
>          - However - the other 'end'  of the cable can either be a 
>SCSI
>             device with  termination  enabled.  Or an actual SCSI 
>termination plug.
>          -  Some SCSI devices may not  have  any termination 
>capability. 
>             So they should not be used at the end of the cable.
>           -  Finally - only use one termination device for each end.  
>Having  two
>              or more terminating devices (or termination plugs)  on 
>the outboard
>              end of the cable will also prevent SCSI from working.  
>              
>I have one other suggestion.
>
>POWER SUPPLY -   Perhaps your power supply is  going bad.
>This apparently is common failing of the 'cheap' power supply units 
>they put
>into many store assembled PC's.  It happened to me.
>My boot disk went 'bad'.  I replaced it.  It worked for about 2 months
>and then the new disk went 'bad' also. 
>It Turned out that the power supply was slowly failing and some 
>voltages were
>degrading. A new power supply - and suddenly both my 'bad' disks were 
>fine again.
>
>> BIOS memory test went without a hitch, although that's not as 
>> strenuous 
>> as a floppy one, right?  I'll get one of those and let it run all 
>> night 
>> and see how it goes.
>> 
>> Thanks again for all your help,
>> 
>> Kev
>> 
>> > One other thing to try is to run a memory test.  Either turn it on 
>> > the full test in the BIOS of your computer or find one of the 
>> > memory 
>> test boot floppies on the Internet.  Bad RAM (or other things on the 
>> motherboard) would also make your system fail like you described.
>> > 
>> > - Alex
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Kevin Field
>> Disciple-in-Training
>> Kingdom Among Us
>> ------------------------------------------------
>

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