Where can I find SCSI help ?

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:59 pm

Two installed SCSI drives show up in the device manager but not in My Computer. Using Windows XP Pro with WD Raptors in RAID0 for mt boot drive(s). Added an LSI Logic 53C1010-33 PCI scsi card and a pair of Seagate Cheetah drives. Can't get them to show in My Computer at all.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:20 pm

right click mycomputer
click manage
click disk manager
click on your foreign disks and create a partition
thank u that is all

Cheway · Post by **Cheway** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:20 pm

Have the drives been partitioned? They won't show up in My Computer with a valid drive letter unless they've been partitioned.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:28 pm

I can not do anything with them if XP can't bring them up. They are not in the Disk Management either, only in the Device Manager.

*EDIT*
I downloaded and installed DiscWizard from Seagate. It loads the splash screen and dumps back to the desktop. Same thing it did before I upgraded my mobo.

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:26 pm

Added an LSI Logic 53C1010-33 PCI scsi card and a pair of Seagate Cheetah drives. Can't get them to show in My Computer at all.

Do they show up in the SCSI BIOS scan? does Windows recognize the SCSI controller (driver loaded)? I can't remember if XP comes with drivers for the 53C1010. Cable properly terminated?

They are not in the Disk Management either, only in the Device Manager.

Are you sure? I only as for two reasons: 1) the Disk Management window usually opens up small, you have to either scroll or resize the window to see all disks, and 2) if it shows up in Device Manager as a disk, then Disk Managemenr should see it.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:50 pm

The SCSI card bios does not come up because of the SATA bios. If I disable the onboard SATA and reboot, the SCSI bios comes up and finds the drives. Yes the drives are in the Device Manager and the only drives in the Disk Management are: 2x36.7GB WD Raptors shown as one 74GB drive in RAID0, CD-RW, DVD and CF Card Reader. Using the DOS Seagate utility to check the drives and the onboard SATA is disabled in the bios.

MK888 · Post by **MK888** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:21 pm

The SCSI card bios does not come up because of the SATA bios.

Might that be your problem? You only see the SCSI BIOS when you disable the SATA controller (which you boot from) Perhaps there is a conflict. I have had some major problems getting ata raid cards to play nice with SCSI cards. If the SATA is on the MoBo you may have problems. If not, move the cards around in the slots. In my system I had to put the SCSI card before the ATA card to "see" both of them. I would bet money that if you dont see the SCSI Bios screen, any drive on the bus will not work.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 6:21 pm

I had some tech help from TheSovereign, at this time I have to say the drives are dead. I emailed Seagate tech support but I doubt if they reply.