Pro-Audio Spectrum SCSI on DELL Omniplex -> STOP Message

 Last reviewed: March 6, 1995
Article ID: Q120744
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT workstation version 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

If you attempt to install a MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum 16-bit (PAS16) sound card (with the Trantor SCSI adapter) in a DELL Omniplex 560 (with an NCR810 SCSI controller for the internal C disk), you receive the following STOP Message on the first boot: 

   STOP: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE.
   Remove the MV PAS16 card.  Install.  Re-insert the card.

CAUSE

On the first boot of install, Windows NT automatic hardware detection looks for the boot device on the Trantor SCSI controller on the PAS16 card, cannot find it, and freezes. On later reboots, Windows NT has recorded in the registry that the NCR SCSI has the boot device, so it does not perform the auto-detection that causes the stop message.

RESOLUTION

  1. Remove the MediaVision PAS16 card.
2. Install Windows NT. 3. Shutdown. 4. Re-insert the card. 5. Reboot. 6. Use the Control Panel's Drivers option to activate the PAS16 card.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50
KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbbug3.50
KBSubCategory: ntstop ntsetup

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Last reviewed: March 6, 1995
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