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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Relic on June 15, 2004, 05:17:26 PM

Title: Video Toaster 4000 killed by SCSI?
Post by: Relic on June 15, 2004, 05:17:26 PM

I have an A3000D with a Video Toaster 4000 board, which worked fine.  I recently hooked a CD-ROM up to the external SCSI cable and forgot to terminate after the device.  Whether it was coincidence or not, at this time my Amiga stopped booting up, and now boots up only with the Video Toaster 4000 board removed.
Is it possible to fry a video board like the Toaster by hooking up SCSI wrong?
Or was my Toaster's failure unrelated?

Title: Re: Video Toaster 4000 killed by SCSI?
Post by: Ilwrath on June 15, 2004, 05:35:07 PM

If the Toaster is actually damaged, I would say that is unrelated damage.

Hooking up SCSI chains wrong can cause errors on your hard drive, invalidated partitions on other SCSI disks, etc, but I don't know of any failure mode that could hurt a video-slot card, other than a massive shorting or electro-static discharge (ESD).

Of course, hooking up a SCSI device wrong could have corrupted your installed Video Toaster SOFTWARE, which might make the board appear to be malfunctioning.

Where is the A3000 failing in the startup process?