Product

Dell PowerEdge 1600SC

Error

"The device, \Device\Scsi\symmpi1, did not respond within the timeout period."

• Source: symmpi
• Type: error
• Event ID: 9

"An error was detected on device \Device\HardDisk0\DR0 during a paging operation."

• Source: disk
• Type: Warning
• Event ID: 51.

This error may vary in the HardDisk number and DR number.

Symptoms

SCSI timeouts.

Cause

Problem with BIOS version A08 when used with U320 drives. These include IBM/Hitachi, Ultrastar, and Maxtor.

Solution

Update the system BIOS to A09. Available at http://support.dell.com/ or on the TechPlanet downloads page.

Technical contact(s)

Richard Brooks

Derek Braendel

Submitted by

Richard Brooks

Date submitted

05 Nov 2003