Commodore A 2091-40 - Page 66

Troubleshooting
Continued from page 2
Symptom Possible Cause Solution
When you attempt to ac-
cess the hard disk, the
hard disk light turns on and
stays on. The system
locks up and permits no
further actions.
System locks up during
high-level format.
After running Verity Data
on Drive, verify message
appears, but does not
change within 10 minutes.
Unexpected partition na-
mes appear, such as
DHO.1: and CHANGE
ME.1:.
Drive does not generate a
standard parity signal
Ribbon cable not con-
nected correctly.
Incorrect configuration.
Drive does not support Ver-
ity Data on Drive.
Multiple partitions have
identical names.
Set Jumper 5, Option 2 to
the on position.
Check ribbon cable con-
nector on card and hard
disk. Make sure that the
specifications listed under
Drive Definitions from HD-
Toolbox are correct,
Check hard disk docu-
mentation for correct num-
ber of heads, cylinders,
sectors. Make sure that
the specifications listed
under Drive Definitions
from HDToolbox are cor-
rect.
Do not use Verity Data on
Drive with this hard disk.
© Use HD Toolbox to chan-
ge the partition names as
described on page 5-9.
The storage space avail-
able on the hard disk is
smaller than the disk's
specifications.
Incorrect configuration. Check hard disk docu-
mentation for correct num-
ber of heads, cylinders,
sectors. Make sure that
the specifications listed
under Drive Definitions
from HDToolbox are cor-
rect.
The hard disk LED on the
Amiga's front panel goes
out during a SCSI hard
disk low-level format.
This is normal for SCSI
hard disks; there is no
problem.