First, disabling "press Ctrl-A key..." during SCSI boot shortens the
operation. I don't know why.
Second, did you recently install a new SCSI peripheral? If yes, did you
verify all the SCSI parms in the SCSI setup ?
Ctrl-A key (or Ctrl-Q on AZERTY keyboards) then navigate in the menus. Hé hé
Jean-Luc, tu as un clavier AZERTY, je le vois d'ici !
Especially, you need to have the correct sync mode ... It's possible also
that the new peripheral doesn't match the current SCSI settings.
Third, do check your SCSI terminator if correctly placed and if no bad
contacts. Remove and inspect it.
Of course, unpluging every SCSI connector and inspecting it should not be
harmful !


"David" a écrit dans le message news:
u1gSb.322838$JQ1.298688@pd7tw1no...
Might be the hard drive. Simple way to check, unplug the ide cable and
boot
up, if it goes fast then check the jumpers on the hd to make sure they are
set correctly
"JLM" wrote in message
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Hi,

During the boot time, it takes an extremely long delay between the IDE
and
SCSI devices information.
The reason is not the IDE devices detection because it is already done,
nor
the SCSI devices detection as the delay is before the Adaptec CTRLA
message
to enter into the BIOS. Nothing happens, no information displayed, just
a
very long moment (more than 1 minute) to wait.

A7N8X rev 1.06 - BIOS rev 1007
Athlon XP 2000+
Memory 2 x 256 DDR400
Harddisk IDE Maxtor Diamond Plus
Video Asus V6800
2930U SCSI Adapter
Creative SB Live! 5.1 Digital (onboard audio disabled)

Can somebody tell me whether it is normal or not and then why it is not
?
Is there a way to reduce this delay ?

Many Thanks
Jean-Luc