Need a new SCSI controller A2000?

[curtis]

Fired up my A2000 today and suddenly the hard drive wasn't recognized.  Hmmm.

Checked all the cables, power connectors, etc.  Everything good.  Try again.  Same result.

Booted with floppy and no hard drives showing.  Tried a different drive and it worked, once only.

Rebooted with floppy and was planning to reprep the drive and re-install the system.  Suddenly, I noticed the expansion RAM isn't showing!

Strongly suspect the controller card, GVP HC-8+ is losing its mind.

So, am I needing a new card or is the GURU ROM just suffering from bit rot?

If I need a new controller, I'm looking at another GVP or a DKB Rapidfire, or an A2091.

Comments, suggestions,  and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Curtis

[curtis]

Yes to all of the above.  Did these before posting.

Curious thing.  Made the original post this morning and took off to tend to some errands.  Got back and fired it up.  Sucker worked like a top!  All memory recognized, boot disk fired right up.

I HATE GREMLINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Little buggers.

On a related note.

I noticed the card has a GURU ROM v. 6.13.  Update?  Advantages of updating.  Disadvantages, if any?

Thanks for responses by the way.

Curtis

BTW, @ Dan, I keep a good eraser on my workbench!  Definitely know that trick.

[curtis]

Oh, BTW, forgot.

Mike, no accelerator.

[curtis]

Actually, no I had not seen that.

Hmmm, 6.13 to 6.14.  Not a huge difference.  May go ahead and move on up.

And yes, I have the adapter.

BTW, I think I finally figured out what my original problem was.  I had installed a ROM switcher and hadn't noticed 1 pin was just slightly shorter than the others.

The danged system was still acting up, but not as much after I did the VERY FIRM THUMB on all socketed chips.  Decided to just go with a KS 3.1 and  haven't had a lick of trouble since.

A measly 1/16th of an inch made that much difference!

Weird.

The ROM itself isn't worth much, you can burn those (which, you might as well update it to the latest 6.14), but that damned little PCB adapter is worth it's weight in gold!

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