This is the NCR PQS ver 4.16 monolithic driver. Changes in 4.16 since version 4.15: - On detection of on-board RAM parity errors, the PQS board will now be taken off-line. - changed last parameter in HalGetBusData to PCI_COMMON_HDR_LENGTH. - Changes to handling of Synchronous Negotiation. Changes in 4.15 since version 4.14: - Changed the handling of SCSI passthru IOCTLs Changes in 4.14 since version 4.13: - SRBs which return QUEUE FULL status will be retried after a delay of 2 seconds. - Default value for the MaximumLunsPerPun registry variable for SYMBIOS devices is set to 32 ( increased from 16 ) - Removed BUILD warnings and error Changes in 4.13 since version 4.12: - Bus reset detected messages in Event viewer(Event ID 190) can be suppressed by setting the DWORD SuppressBusResetMessage in registry to 1. There are two changes in 4.12 since version 4.11: - Synchronous Negotiation can be turned off using the Registry - An IOCTL call has been added to work with Microsoft Cluster software to perform SCSI Bus Resets. There are two changes in 4.11 since version 4.10: - bug fix for ARCServe tape backup software problem getting a "backup failed" message. - added Symbios 876 chip support It has several enhancements since version 4.0: - Higher performance and less CPU utilization - Descriptive error messages in the Event Viewer - Improved error handling under high I/O loads - 16 LUN per PUN support for SCSI-3 devices (increased from 8) - Optional user configuration via the Registry (LUN queue depth, disconnects, synchronous period/offset, LUNs per PUN) To install or update the NCR PQS driver: 1) In a temporary directory or a diskette, unzip the NCR PQS driver archive file. 2) Start the ControlPanel/SCSIAdapters applet. 3) From the Drivers tab, click the Add button. 4) Click the Have Disk button, and enter the path where the new NCR PQS files reside. Change History: 10/21/99 06:34p 96,908 ncr875.sys (ver 4.16 monolithic) 07/22/99 02.45p 111,412 ncr875.sys (ver 4.15 monolithic) 06/28/99 11.00a 111,380 ncr875.sys (ver 4.14 monolithic) 04/27/99 10.00a 95,712 ncr875.sys (ver 4.13 monolithic) 02/03/98 12:11p 102,272 ncr875.sys (ver 4.11 monolithic) 10/03/97 03:30p 102,080 ncr875.sys (ver 4.10 monolithic) 09/06/97 01:08a 99,776 ncr875.sys (ver 4.00/2.11 monolithic) 05/14/97 01:25p 52,576 ncr875.sys (ver 4.00/1.2 miniport) 11/11/96 07:38p 62,208 ncr875.sys (ver 3.50/1.1 miniport) Note that the 4.1x and 2.11 version numbers are visible in the registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DeviceMap/Scsi/ScsiPortN