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4.2BIOSErrorMessages
IfHostAdapterBIOSisenabled,butcannotbeinitialized,thesystemdisplaysan
errormessageafterthemessage"BIOSInstallationFailure."Examplesand
meaningsoftheseerrormessagesaregivenbelow:
Device connected, but not ready.
Thismessageisdisplayedifoneofthechannelsdoesnotreceivearesponsewhenthis
cardrequestsdatafromaninstalledSCSIdevice.Trysettingthe「SendStartUnit
Command」oftheSCSISelectutilityto「yes」.
Ifthemessageisstilldisplayed,followthediskdrivemanufacturer'sinstructionsand
setthedrivetorotatewhenthepowerswitchisON.
Start unit request failed.
BIOScannotsendaStartUnitcommandtoadevice.RuntheSCSISelectutilityand
「no」「SendStartUnitCommand」forthatdevice.
Time-out failure during ....
Anunexpectedtime-outoccurred.ChecktheSCSIbustermination.Disconnectthe
SCSIcablefromthiscardandstarttheSERVER.IftheSERVERrestartswithout
anyproblem,checkthattheSCSIbusterminatorandcablesareproperlyconnected.
OneofthedevicesorcablesontheSCSIbusmightbethecauseofthefailure.