NIOA VS-880 TIP 350-0002:

SCSI ID Conflict: PC, Controller, CD-R

Mark Edwards wrote: I have installed an Adaptec 2940UW card and cabled from the PC to a zip drive then to the Roland CD-R and then the 880 (with the upgraded Polarsonic software) The machine recognizes each device during boot, then takes FOREVER to ultimately get to Win 95. When I then look in device manager, the only thing recognized is the SCSI card. There are no "other devices" listed and no "other devices" category. Any ideas? I spent a ton of money on the card and cables to no avail.

Mark, Double check ALL your SCSI ID numbers!!! Does your PC have an internal CD Rom Drive? If so, it is probably pre-set at SCSI ID 3. That also happens to be the default ID number set on the Roland CD-R Drive. (I made the same mistake). Change the CD-R to SCSI 2. Make sure the VS- 880 is set to a unique ID.

I'm not totally sure how cool it is to have the CD-R on the same SCSI chain with the VS-880 SCSI'd to the PC. I had that same setup at the NAMM show. Every time I tried to play back an audio CD from the Roland CD-R, using the CD Player menu under the SONG button, the PC would attempt to play an audio CD in it's CD ROM drive. It was VERY strange.

If I were you, I'd only connect the CD-R in the chain when the VS is NOT connected to the PC. I found when I followed the instructions from Polarsonic about SCSI'ing the VS to the PC, every thing worked perfectly. (I did NOT have the CD-R in the loop.) Try taking the CD-R out of the loop and see what happens.

Laura Tyson

20 Feb 1998

1998/03


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