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Gott im Himmel!
« on: September 01, 2012, 10:14:26 PM »
Just found out my scuzzy cable is bad! That there is worth about 2 weeks of nightmarish hair-pulling and threats of committing hari kari with a server blade! Good thing I had a spare before my new ones show up from eBay! :furious:
 

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Re: Gott im Himmel!
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2012, 10:31:55 PM »
I was three self-inflicted face punches away from doing the deed! Think I'll just play Serious Sam instead! :uzi:
 

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Re: Gott im Himmel!
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2012, 06:37:12 AM »
No, but a word of caution! If you happen to be having a LOT of trouble with your scsi chain, be it drives that won't recognize, or disappear, or correct configs that worked last night, but not the next morning, OR a steady green and red light whenever you boot up - but only sometimes, take heed: Your SCSI cable may be excessively folded or bent, or old, or both. It seems that excessive folding can cause problems. Found this on a SCSI forum:

A Single device not found
•Power supply issue with the failing device.
•The SCSI bus isn’t terminated correctly.
•Your cable (SCSI bus) is too long.
•You have a bad cable(s)
•One of your external device was started after the computer booted up.
Device manager finds the card, but not the devices connected to it.
•There is a bad cable connected to the SCSI bus.
•Termination power has failed or is incorrect
•Lose cable or cable is too long. A loose cable connection can cause intermittent problems.
SCSI system works but shows intermittent lockups.
•Cables are too long
•Incorrect, Low or noisy termination
•Bad cables
•Internal SCSI cables are folded creating a resister-capacitor.


I had all these issues, intermittently. All immediately ceased when I replaced the cable. The most perplexing thing is in these instances, even if all your settings and configs are correct, you'll be tempted to change them. Don't. Instead, replace the cable. Changing settings and configs leads to the 'dark side'.
 

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Re: Gott im Himmel!
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2012, 12:43:24 PM »
Oh I would never do hara kiri! That's dangerous! A person could get hurt!
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