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  I have a Buslogic (Mylex) Flashpoint LT (BT-930).  When my machine
  boots up with the card added is says:

  Entering Card Diags / Init, Card=00
  DIAGS: ERROR IN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, "F1" TO CONTINUE
  DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE LO -> ADDRESS=67B0 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000
  DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE HI -> ADDRESS=67B2 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000

  I hit "F1" and it says:
  Entering Card Diags / Init, Card=00
  DIAGS: ERROR IN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, "F1" TO CONTINUE
  DIAGS: AUTOMATION FAILURE -> ADDRESS=67B0 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=571D
  DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE HI -> ADDRESS=67B2 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000

  I hit "F1", again and it says:
  Entering Card Diags / Init, Card=00
  ERROR: ADAPTOR CONFIGURATION ERROR, "F1" TO CONTINUE
  DIAGS: AUTOMATION FAILURE -> ADDRESS=67B0 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000
  DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE HI -> ADDRESS=67B2 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000

  Then:
  BIOS Not initialized.

  I have no devices attached to it currently.  Is that the problem?  I
  have also fiddled with the AutoSCSI utility unsucessfully.  I have a
  Sony SDT-5000 DAT drive and internal cable on the way in the mail.  

  I have Pentium II 233, 64MB of RAM, and 3.2 GB HD.  This SCSI setup is
  for Win95 and Linux (mainly Linux).  Both OSes recognize it at boot,
  my question is how to get rid of the diagnostic error.

  Thanks,
  Sidney Traynham

The FlashPoint should operate quite happily with no devices attached.  I do
that all the time in testing.  Most likely, your FlashPoint LT is simply

a replacement.

                Leonard

Quote:Traynham) writes:

You may also need to check for the 'verbose reporting' (or something like
that in the SCSI options during kernel config. I was trying to shrink my
kernel, just for the hell of it, and turned off verbose scsi reporting (?).
After that, my LT threw fits :(
Failing that, I would agree with the above diagnosis.

Bill Anderson
*highway

I have a Buslogic (Mylex) Flashpoint LT (BT-930).  When my machine
boots up with the card added is says:

Entering Card Diags / Init, Card=00
DIAGS: ERROR IN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, "F1" TO CONTINUE
DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE LO -> ADDRESS=67B0 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000
DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE HI -> ADDRESS=67B2 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000

I hit "F1" and it says:
Entering Card Diags / Init, Card=00
DIAGS: ERROR IN DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, "F1" TO CONTINUE
DIAGS: AUTOMATION FAILURE -> ADDRESS=67B0 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=571D
DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE HI -> ADDRESS=67B2 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000

I hit "F1", again and it says:
Entering Card Diags / Init, Card=00
ERROR: ADAPTOR CONFIGURATION ERROR, "F1" TO CONTINUE
DIAGS: AUTOMATION FAILURE -> ADDRESS=67B0 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000
DIAGS: S/G RAM FAILURE HI -> ADDRESS=67B2 ACTUAL=FFFF EXPECTED=0000

Then:
BIOS Not initialized.

I have no devices attached to it currently.  Is that the problem?  I
have also fiddled with the AutoSCSI utility unsucessfully.  I have a
Sony SDT-5000 DAT drive and internal cable on the way in the mail.  

I have Pentium II 233, 64MB of RAM, and 3.2 GB HD.  This SCSI setup is
for Win95 and Linux (mainly Linux).  Both OSes recognize it at boot,
my question is how to get rid of the diagnostic error.

Thanks,
Sidney Traynham

Rhia

adam

Do you have ROM shadowing turned on in your system BIOS, or a memory
manager like QEMM with Stealth enabled installed that is
mapping/hiding adapter ROMs into different locations?

Have you flashed the ROM BIOS of the Flashpoint?

Lastly, have you contacted Mylex tech support?
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I have had similar experiences - an error message on boot-up referring
to S/G RAM failures - with the BT 930 card that I bought two weeks
ago.

I found an explanation in section 4-5 of the Installation Guide. The
card  is not compatible with certain motherboards using the
VIA cipset. I checked my manual and, indeed, I have the VIA chipset
although I could not determine the revision series number.

I have two computers and the BT 930 appears to work after transferral
to the other computer.

                              Patrik Tornudd