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    Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

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    by dr_t ·

    I have a Yamaha 4416 SCSI cd-rw drive connected to an Adaptec 2930 SCSI controller along with external scsi zip and jaz drives). When I boot up after newly installing the cd-rw, it is detected and functions correctly. After leaving the machine on for a day or two, the cd-r disappears from the machine. After I turn it off and disconnect the cable and reconnect it, the cd-r returns to the machine for another day or so and then disappears again. Termination for all devices is correct. The cables have been changed three times. The CD-RW has been changed once. The same problem has been happening with an Adaptec 2910 SCSI controller that was in the machine first. I am very bewildered.

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    • #3903342

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by rindi1 ·

      In reply to Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      Check if you have any powermanagement functions set to “on”. Also check if have the newest driver for your SCSI Controller. The External devices may also affect the system. Disconnect your external devices (make sure you also terminate your scsi board for that), then look if your CD-R disappears again. Devices which are meant for protable usage, like zip and jaz drives, may cause other devices on the scsi bus function erraticaly.

    • #3903303

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by wizzard ·

      In reply to Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      My father has this drive and the same problem. One of the latest Flash updates is “suppose” to fix the problem, but we haven’t found this the case. He only looses the drive on a warm boor though, and a cold boot, power off machine then on, always detects drive again.

    • #3903294

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by ghary ·

      In reply to Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      Hello .
      A freind of mine had a problem with his system similar to yours.
      He had a problem with a scanner that qould not work..
      After about 3 days i found out be accedent that if i left the scanner off till the memory count finnished, the scanner was available ..

      may be something for you to play with ….

      Greg

      Best of luck …

    • #3903288

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by nawar75 ·

      In reply to Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      i did face such a problem once !
      and i dont know if u r case is the same but i solved the problem bu finding that the real cause of it is a Virus !!
      try it . it might work !

    • #3855046

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by gutridgesj ·

      In reply to Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      is it a driver problem?

    • #3804141

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by michael roark – ccna/da mcp 3csa ·

      In reply to Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      answer me this question please, when you say it disappeared, it disappeared out of explorer or device manager, or both?
      question 2, when you leave the computer on for 2 days, does it go to sleep?
      Please answer this, and I might be able to help…

    • #3825499

      Yamaha cd-r scsi drive disappears after

      by dr_t ·

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