I just acquired a Seagate Cheetah ST39102LC LVD/SE hard drive, with 80-to-68-&-50-pin adaptor. Looking for thoughts, experiences, etc. Especially on which bay of my beige desktop it should go into.
The top bay is reportedly the best ventilated, but with the backpane adaptor the drive becomes practically a half-height drive. I haven't tried sticking it in there yet, even if the cover will go on, will the backpane shut off needed air?
What I have read on the web & here suggests that the middle bay is kinda crowded for air flow. Maybe with a fan? Ditto the "basement" slot.
I downloaded a pdf from Seagate that implies Drive Setup 1.3.1 or later should be able to format it. Any other suggestions as to what I need? Would 3rd-party drivers be more advantageous?
-- Yeah, I know, a SCSI controller card to take full advantage of the LVD capabilities. I know that on the built-in SCSI the drive will be seriously under-employed. But then so am I, so it's a match ;)
Thanks in advance.
Sorry so slow to respond.
I purchased an ST118202LC just like the one here (same seller) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39974&item=5140314609&rd=1
It also has an 80 pin to 68/50 pin SCA adapter. The drive will not work at all with my ATTO UL2D controller in my Beige G3 266 rev 1. It only works on the internal (s-l-o-w) SCSI bus... a complete waste of it's LVD capabilities. I tried numerous configurations, ATTO card firmware versions and expensive terminators to no avail.
LC models (SCA 80 pin, no internal termination) often are not generally retail-type typical end user models and are designed for a backplane connection but will run fine with an adapter on a basic SCSI 1 50 pin bus at SCSI 1 speed. Through Seagate I found that many of these models sold on ebay are gray market specific purpose OEM for a particular company's system with who-knows-what proprietary firmware and modifications. They are not supposed to divulge specifics but I was persistent and Seagate traced my part number from the drive and told me mine was original OEM for EMC.
It might work for me with a different SCSI host card but I'm not going to spend a single penny more to find out. I have already spent way too much time and money to try and get this lousy 18 GB of drive space to work in LVD. For all the warnings in the manual about the drive requiring proper termination, it seems to run fine terminated (by another device) or alone on the internal bus unterminated.
A fan is a good Idea but I wouldn't worry too much about the heat if it's in a lower drive bay, especially if it's a newer model, which I believe yours to be. Just don't put it in the bay above the power supply (although it probably doesn't even fit there. I saw you unanswered post on the PCI list about using it in a 6500. Should be fine on the 50 pin SCSI in that. You'll still get performance benefits from the high RPM speed and seek time.
Mike
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