nhaggin 0 Posted November 9, 2001 I apologize if this has been talked about before; my quick perusal of the forum revealed no previous discussion on this topic. I am having an interesting problem with a Yamaha 8424SZ drive. W2K will recognize it on startup, but 30 seconds after I get the desktop, I am told in a little dialog box that I removed the device unsafely. If I use Device Manager to scan for installed hardware, it comes back, and remains there until I shut down. Any thoughts? Some more system info...Adaptec AHA-2930CU SCSI, Abit KG-7, Athlon T-bird 1.4 GHz, 1.0 GB RAM. I have installed the SCSI reset fix and the VIA chipset fix from SP2, but no other pieces. Nick A.M.D.G. Share this post Link to post
Palos 0 Posted November 13, 2001 Boot with any non bootable CD (audio, data) in the drive, and wait until it "establishes network connections" after login. See if it does it again... Share this post Link to post
nhaggin 0 Posted November 13, 2001 Unfortunately, Windows still thinks I removed it. Further investigation reveals one more strange thing: Windows thinks I have two CD burners attached to the machine: my actual burner, the 8424SZ, and an 8824SZ that actually does not exist. The dialog at startup lists the 8824SZ as the device that has been removed, but of course I still can't get at the 8424SZ. I'm tempted to uninstall both of them and then let it redetect the real burner. Could this help or is something else wrong? Nick A.M.D.G. Share this post Link to post
BladeRunner 0 Posted November 13, 2001 Well an OS seeing two SCSI devices is a classic example of a termination problem. Might be worth checking the termination settings on both the Yamaha (Jumper) and the Adaptec (Software). Share this post Link to post
BladeRunner 0 Posted November 13, 2001 Actually just thought of another thing. Win2k/XP is VERY picky about firmware revisions on hardware. A friend of mine had a SCSI Yamaha CDRW that Win2k simply refused to see until the Firmware had been upgraded. Share this post Link to post
nhaggin 0 Posted November 14, 2001 Yet another dead end: termination is set correctly and I have the most recent firmware release. Another question slightly off topic: does W2K have a fetish for making every device in the PC share the same IRQ? My SCSI card, video adapter, sound card, and network card are all on IRQ 11 together. This should be no problem, but I do find it a bit odd. Palos and BladeRunner, thanks for your help, even if it hasn't yet solved the problem. Share this post Link to post
