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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: dougal on February 21, 2012, 11:45:04 AM

Title: Got a GVP HC8 S2 - Need advice
Post by: dougal on February 21, 2012, 11:45:04 AM

My GVP HC8 Series II arrived today. It did not come with a hard drive but i have 2 SCSI hard drives laying around at home.

The one i intend to use is a 1GB hard drive. According to the manual the scsi terminator should be removed. Is that right ?

Any advise to make my life easier as i have never dealt with SCSI before ?

Title: Re: Got a GVP HC8 S2 - Need advice
Post by: Robert17 on February 21, 2012, 01:57:50 PM

Hi Dougal, I have a similar GVP SCSI Card in an Amiga 2000, it is fussy about correct termination.

The SCSI chain should look something like this:

Term, Hard disk, Controller, Term.

The GVP SCSI Card should have auto termination for the end beyond the controller, so you'll either need a terminator for after the hard disk, or set the termination jumper on on your hard disk if availabl

Hope this helps and your setup goes well, SCSI Can be a pain but works nicely if setup correctly, be patient and don't panic if it doesn't go right the first go.

Robert.

Title: Re: Got a GVP HC8 S2 - Need advice
Post by: dougal on February 21, 2012, 02:45:46 PM

Thanks Robert. It was actually really easy to setup. All i did was disable the onboard terminator power of the hard drive and set the scsi id to 0 and then i ran the GVP install software and it worked first go :)

Title: Re: Got a GVP HC8 S2 - Need advice
Post by: Robert17 on February 21, 2012, 02:54:21 PM

That's good :-) Do you have any memory fitted to the board?

Title: Re: Got a GVP HC8 S2 - Need advice
Post by: dougal on February 21, 2012, 03:02:46 PM

Quote from: Robert17;681198

That's good :-) Do you have any memory fitted to the board?

It has 8MB :)