On 10/3/2007 12:57 AM Martin Schneider spake thus:
> Martin Schneider schrieb:
>>> So, a question: when you plug the camera in and start the computer, do
>>> you see the device come up at boot time in the list of devices
>>> displayed by ASPI?
>
>>> Have you tried using the ASPI BIOS utilities? These are accessed by
>>> pressing <mumble mumble> at boot time (I forget which keys; there
>>> should be a prompt somewhere saying something like "F3 for utilities"
>>> or something like that). I seem to remember that you can do things
>>> like low-level bus scans to see what's "talking" on the bus with them.
>
> Okay, I checked - neither does the card display a device list at boot
> time, nor can I seem to enter a BIOS. Just messages from other devices
> like the network card, but that's it.
>
> I checked the manual
>
http://www.adaptec.com/de-DE/sup****t/scsi_****t/PCMCIA/APA-1460B/_docs/1460_ug_pdf.htm
> but that doesn't refer to any BIOS either, so this card doesn't seem to
> have one.
Here's an idea: can you boot from a floppy disk? (Which leads to the
question, does your computer even have a floppy drive?) If you can, then
you'll be booting under plain DOS and will be able to see the boot
messages (and presumably run the BIOS utilities). Adaptec SCSI adapters
used to all have BIOS sup****t, but I don't know about yours for sure.
You'll need to create a boot disk to do this, of course; probably the
easiest way is to use the "Command prompt" (i.e., DOS window) to format
a floppy with the /s option to create a bootable "system" disk. Pain in
the butt, I know, but may be the best way to diagnose this problem.
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