Logon prompt disappears, Win2K follows suit :(
I started my pc, & walked away from it. 'Bout 20 mins later, I returned to logon. Anyway, when I pressed ctrl-alt-del to logon to Win2K Pro, nothing happened. The logon prompt thingy just disappeared, & there was only the blue colour of the desktop screen (not BSOD).
I started my pc, & walked away from it. 'Bout 20 mins later, I returned to logon. Anyway, when I pressed "ctrl-alt-del" to logon to Win2K Pro, nothing happened. The logon prompt thingy just disappeared, & there was only the blue colour of the desktop screen (not BSOD).
I tried to ctrl-alt-del again to bring up the logon prompt, but nothing. I was forced to turn off the comp. Anyway, when I restarted I knew something was fishy. I noticed the onboard SCSI controller took much longer to scan the bus. After finally detecting my (only) disk, it follows up with this:
"Searching for boot on SCSI.....not found".
I used the SCSI disk utilites & verified the disk without issue. The installation of Win2K Pro is about 2 days old, done from a fresh install. I have tried 3 different U160 cables without success.
I have no clue how or why this happened, but I'm willing to listen to any ideas.
Here are relevant system specs:
Supermicro P6SBU w/onboard Adaptec U2 SCSI
PIII 600
2 x 256 Micron 2-2-2 Registered ECC
Quantum Atlas 10KII 18GB. SCSI ID #0. Firmware DDD6. Attached to onboard U2/LVD controller
I tried to ctrl-alt-del again to bring up the logon prompt, but nothing. I was forced to turn off the comp. Anyway, when I restarted I knew something was fishy. I noticed the onboard SCSI controller took much longer to scan the bus. After finally detecting my (only) disk, it follows up with this:
"Searching for boot on SCSI.....not found".
I used the SCSI disk utilites & verified the disk without issue. The installation of Win2K Pro is about 2 days old, done from a fresh install. I have tried 3 different U160 cables without success.
I have no clue how or why this happened, but I'm willing to listen to any ideas.
Here are relevant system specs:
Supermicro P6SBU w/onboard Adaptec U2 SCSI
PIII 600
2 x 256 Micron 2-2-2 Registered ECC
Quantum Atlas 10KII 18GB. SCSI ID #0. Firmware DDD6. Attached to onboard U2/LVD controller
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Alec, I just removed the drive from the pc, & had it lying in my hand with the cables connected to it. It works now!?!? I discovered that the way I had the cable(s) folded inside the case was putting too much tension on the connector. So, when I moved the case back to its normal position, the cable worked its way off the drive ever so slightly. This happened with the other 2 cables too since I had them both pre-folded exactly the same way (I'm a neat freak, hehe). So, I left a lil extra cable-slack & all is good.
Me so wee todd id.
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