Specifications

Check the correct termination of the SCSI cable. If necessary exchange the cable, to find out

possible cable malfunctions.

Another cause for transmission errors could be if a SCSI unit, expecially during operation

with long cables, is operated in the synchronous mode with high transmission rates. In this

case try to decrease the transmission rate by means of UnitControl.

Problem: A SCSI unit works slower than expected.

Check the correct adjustments of the synchronous transmission and the mask and

maxtransfer values of the concerned partitions. You can use the program CheckMask for this

purpose.

Check for partitions operated under AMIGA DOS if those are operated with the

FastFileSystem (FFS). The adjustment FastFileSystem International Mode (FFS Int) can

cause performance losses, also the AMIGA DOS formatting with directory cache often leads

to a considerable decrease of the transmission rate.

If necessary check if the hard disk is fully utilized, and the files are distributed over many

tracks. In such a case it can be sensible to optimize the hard disk, special programs for this

purpose, so-called disk optimizer, are available. Please pay attention to the operating

instructions when using such programs.

GENERAL REMARKS TO THE ERROR TRACKING

Another reason for errors which often causes unexplicable malfunctions of the system, is the

usage of non system conform software, which for example does not work correctly with the

Workbench 3.1 of the AMIGA. This could also be seemingly unimportant, little utility

programs, which are e.g. called in the startup-sequence. If you have an individually

configured system, it is important, that you eliminate this error source also, by executing a

test with a standard configuration. Should you have problems, which do not correspond to

the above listed, or which can not be eliminated with the proposed solutions, please refer to

your retailer. Before calling him, make a very precise error description, which states your

system configuration as well as resp. system error numbers in case of system breakdowns,

and keep pen and paper ready.

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