Second SCSI drive not recognized

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade (More info?)

According to IBM "SCSI general information - Servers and
IntelliStation" (see URL [unwrap lines!]:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?
lndocid=MIGR-40595
"Domain Validation intelligently verifies system
configuration, testing during the boot cycle or on
introduction of a new device for the maximum speed the
target can maintain."
Perhaps you should "believe" its opinion when it limits
the data transfer rate of your HDD to 40MBytes/sec.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am running Win2000 on a Shuttle motherboard, with an
Adaptec 29160
>controller. The only IDE drive is the CD. I have two
IBM 18 GB
>HDD's. They are not the same model. When I turn on
Domain
>Validation, the second drive operates at 40 MB/s, instead
of 160 MB/s,
>which, of course, slows down the entire chain to 40. The
drive
>manufacturer tells me that this is because it does not
support Domain
>Validation. When in this configuration, the drive shows
up in the
>Drive Management console. When I turn off the Domain
Validation, the
>second drive now runs at 160 like it should, and is
recognized by the
>SCSI BIOS. But it doesn't show up in the Drive
Management console. I
>can't format it or use it. Can anyone help?
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup_upgrade (More info?)

I would "believe" it except for two things:

1. The manufacturer said that the drive does not support Domain Validation.

2. The drive is a U160 drive, and should run at 160.

"Ben-Zion Joselson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<2cf901c42890$08ecb9f0$a601280a@phx.gbl>...
> According to IBM "SCSI general information - Servers and
> IntelliStation" (see URL [unwrap lines!]:
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?
> lndocid=MIGR-40595
> "Domain Validation intelligently verifies system
> configuration, testing during the boot cycle or on
> introduction of a new device for the maximum speed the
> target can maintain."
> Perhaps you should "believe" its opinion when it limits
> the data transfer rate of your HDD to 40MBytes/sec.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am running Win2000 on a Shuttle motherboard, with an
> Adaptec 29160
> >controller. The only IDE drive is the CD. I have two
> IBM 18 GB
> >HDD's. They are not the same model. When I turn on
> Domain
> >Validation, the second drive operates at 40 MB/s, instead
> of 160 MB/s,
> >which, of course, slows down the entire chain to 40. The
> drive
> >manufacturer tells me that this is because it does not
> support Domain
> >Validation. When in this configuration, the drive shows
> up in the
> >Drive Management console. When I turn off the Domain
> Validation, the
> >second drive now runs at 160 like it should, and is
> recognized by the
> >SCSI BIOS. But it doesn't show up in the Drive
> Management console. I
> >can't format it or use it. Can anyone help?
> >.
> >