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Introduction The Adaptec AHA®-2944UW PCI-to-Ultra Wide Differential SCSI Host Adapter provides a powerful multitasking interface between your computer's PCI bus and differential SCSI devices (disk drives, CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape backups, removable media drives, etc.). The following figure shows the major components on the AHA-2944UW. Jumpers J2 and J4 68-pin 16-bit Internal SCSI Connector 68-pin 16-bit External SCSI Connector 50-pin 8-bit Internal SCSI Connector LED Connector Host Adapter LED AIC-78xx SCSI Protocol Chip Contents Installing the Host Adapter and SCSI Devices 2 Installing the AHA-2944UW 2 Assigning SCSI ID Numbers 2 Setting SCSI Termination 2 Installing Differential SCSI Devices 3 Using the LED Connector 4 Reassembling the Computer 4 Configuring the Computer .. 4 PCI Configuration 4 Using SCSISelect 5 Advanced Setups and Configurations 8 Installing Device Drivers ..... 9 Need Assistance 9 Troubleshooting Tips 9 Contacting Adaptec 11 1

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Introduction
The Adaptec AHA
®
-2944UW PCI-to-Ultra Wide Differential SCSI
Host Adapter provides a powerful multitasking interface between
your computer’s PCI bus and differential SCSI devices (disk drives,
CD-ROM drives, scanners, tape backups, removable media drives,
etc.). The following figure shows the major components on the
AHA-2944UW.
50-pin 8-bit Internal SCSI Connector
Host
Adapter
LED
AIC-78xx SCSI Protocol Chip
68-pin 16-bit
External
SCSI
Connector
Jumpers
J2 and J4
LED Connector
68-pin 16-bit
Internal SCSI
Connector
Contents
Installing the Host Adapter
and SCSI Devices
..............
2
Installing the AHA-2944UW . . . . . . 2
Assigning SCSI ID Numbers . . . . . . 2
Setting SCSI Termination . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing Differential SCSI Devices 3
Using the LED Connector . . . . . . . . 4
Reassembling the Computer . . . . . . 4
Configuring the Computer ..4
PCI Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using SCSISelect
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Advanced Setups and
Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing Device Drivers
.....
9
Need Assistance?
..................
9
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Contacting Adaptec . . . . . . . . . . . . 11