ADAPTEC 2940UW SCSI on Solaris 8_x86

Solaris 8_x86 is able to recognize the AHA2940UW SCSI card but during bootup, the OS kept probing the card from id 0 to 15 (apd0) in an endless loop, returning timeout; reset target; target 0 lun 0......
Tired the solutions in Solaris Device Configuration Guide but no avail.
Please advice.
Thanks

Tried that....the card was recognized...tried changing the values of the SCSI advanced setting during bootup (CTRL A)...but no avail.
Please advice n thanks.

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I'm sorry for my bad English.
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