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From: pepers@enme3.ucalgary.ca (Brad Pepers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Syquest/2091 problems
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.064904.21844@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 12 Feb 91 06:49:04 GMT
Reply-To: pepers@enme3.UUCP (Brad Pepers)
Organization: U. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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I am having trouble with my Syquest/2091 combo. Its not the reselection
problem I've seen here (I have the trouble with ONLY the Syquest attached).
My problem has the following symptoms:

	- I format a cartridge and all is fine
	- Over time, things start going bad...
	- After a while, the drive starts 'chattering' to itself or
	  my Amiga even when I'm not doing any drive access! I can
	  usually stop the chatter by doing a directory. Some directories
	  will fix the problem, others won't.
	- Now if I try 'verify data' in the HDToolBox either I get a lot
	  of errors or I get an 'Error in rigid block - low level format'!
	  I can still use the drive but this means that sometime in the
	  near future, a total crash will occur!
	- At some point now, when doing a write to the drive, my Amiga
	  locks up in mid write. If this was the root-block, I'm toast!
	- I have tried both FAST and OLD filing systems. I have had
	  both 1 40Mb partition and 2 20's. I don't switch cartridges
	  while running.

My Syquest is version F3B. My scsi.device is version 5.1. My 2091 ROMS
have no version number!!!! Just part numbers: "390?09-01 U12 39F8" and
"390508 U13 08C3". My 2091 disk is marked "Preliminary" in red. My
HDToolBox program is 88692 bytes and dated at 5-Oct-89. My SCSI chip
is WD33C93-PL. I have 2Mb RAM installed on the 2091 with no troubles
from it. Are there any troubles with these combinations?

Thank your for any help and I would love to hear from C= which version
of ROMS my unmarked ones are!

   Brad Pepers (pepers@enme.ucalgary.ca or pepers@cpsc.ucalgary.ca)