Scsi error codes – Compaq Deskpro 2000 User Manual

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Compaq Deskpro 2000 Series of Personal Computers

E-9

SCSI Error Codes

This section includes the error codes for the following SCSI devices:

Hard drives

CD-ROM drives

Tape drives

PD-CD drives

The SCSI error codes are written in the format AABB-CC and can be determined by looking up the
respective parts of the code in the three corresponding tables numbered D-16, D-17, and D-18. AA
(Table E-16) identifies the drive type being tested. BB (Table E-17) identifies the type of test. CC
(Table E-18) identifies the exact error received.

For example, if you received a diagnostic error code of 6523-05, you would look at Table E-16 to
identify the meaning of the first two numbers, 65. This indicates a hard drive problem. The second
set of two numbers, 23, refers to a random read, as shown in Table E-17. The last two numbers, 05,
indicate a seek failure, as listed in Table E-18. When you combine this information, you know that
the diagnostics program was testing the random-read functioning of the hard drive and received a
seek failure. The device is faulty and must be replaced.

Table E-16

SCSI Device Names

65XX-XX

Hard drive

66XX-XX

CD-ROM Drive and PD-CD drive

67XX-XX

Tape drive

Table E-17

SCSI Test Names

XX00-XX

ID

XX05-XX

Read

XX06-XX

SA/Media

XX08-XX

Controller

XX09-XX

Media erase

XX23-XX

Random read

XX28-XX

Media load/unload

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