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> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: adaptec 2940u2w hangups
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Chris Mauritz wrote:
>
> > Also, make sure you have active (not passive) termination.
>
> Since I am no SCSI guru, can someone please explain, how to determine
> which is active and which is passive?
It should say on the terminator.
>
> I went to the computer store, asked for a SCSI terminator and
> got it. It
> has three little LEDs (one is POWER, one is LVD and the third is SE).
> After I connected it to SCSI bus, POWER and LVD are on. Is
> this active or
> passive?
This is an active terminator, because it has lights on it. A passive
terminator will not have lights because it's nothing more than some
resistors in a fancy connector.
Greg
