Setup Hangs During SCSI Detection; Disabling SCSI Detection

 Last reviewed: April 10, 1997
Article ID: Q103471

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

Windows NT Setup may fail during SCSI detection for a variety of reasons. In some cases, the SCSI-detection routine may conflict with the SCSI adapter, hindering further detection and sometimes even halting the installation. You may be able to avoid these problems by disabling some or all of the SCSI-detection phase of Windows NT Setup.

HOW TO DISABLE THE SCSI-DETECTION ROUTINES

If you have a SCSI adapter, you can disable all the SCSI-detection routines except the one for your particular adapter by modifying the TXTSETUP.INF file on Disk 1 of your Setup disks. If you have no SCSI adapters, you can disable all the SCSI-detection routines.

NOTE: Before you can modify TXTSETUP.INF, you need to make a backup copy of the first Setup disk since it is write-protected. To do so, choose Copy Disk from the Disk menu in File Manager (or use the MS-DOS DISKCOPY command). Make sure you use the same media type and density, and that you modify the copy of TXTSETUP.INF, not the original.

Before you can disable any SCSI-detection routines, you need to know what type of computer you have: ISA, EISA, or MCA. There are three corresponding sections in the TXTSETUP.INF file: 

   [SCSI.ISA.LOAD]
   [SCSI.EISA.LOAD]
   [SCSI.MCA.LOAD]
Go to the appropriate section for your computer and disable all the SCSI routines you do not need by inserting the pound sign (#) in front of each line. For example, if you had an MCA computer and wanted to disable all the SCSI-detection routines, your [SCSI.MCA.LOAD] section would look like this: 

   [SCSI.MCA.Load]
   #d0,ncr53c9x
   #d0,spock
   #d0,ncrc700
   #d0,ncrc710
   #d0,aha154x
   #d0,buslogic
   #d0,fd16_700
After you make your changes, save the file and start Windows NT Setup again.

SCSI LOAD SECTIONS OF TXTSETUP.INF

The following text was taken directly from the TXTSETUP.INF file: 

   [SCSI.ISA.Load]
   d0,ncr53c9x
   d0,aha154x
   d0,sparrow
   d0,dptscsi
   d0,ultra14F
   d0,buslogic
   d0,fd8xx
   d0,fd16_700
   d0,t128
   d0,t13b
   d0,always
   d0,dtc329x
   d0,tmv1

   [SCSI.EISA.Load]
   d0,ncr53c9x
   d0,oliscsi
   d0,ncrc700
   d0,ncrc710
   d0,aha154x
   d0,sparrow
   d0,aha174x
   d0,dptscsi
   d0,ultra14F
   d0,ultra124
   d0,ultra24F
   d0,buslogic
   d0,fd7000ex
   d0,fd8xx
   d0,fd16_700
   d0,t128
   d0,t13b
   d0,always
   d0,arrow
   #d0,dce376nt
   d0,dtc329x
   d0,tmv1

   [SCSI.MCA.Load]
   d0,ncr53c9x
   d0,spock
   d0,ncrc700
   d0,ncrc710
   d0,aha154x
   d0,buslogic
   d0,fd16_700

Additional query words: prodnt compaq prosignia ncr ncrc710
Keywords : kbhw kbsetup nthowto nthw ntsetup kbfasttip
Version : 3.1
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: April 10, 1997
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