On Dec 10, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Barry Levine wrote: > Hi > > One of the 8GB SCSI HD's on my 8600 G3 is failing. Checking around eBay, I > see 68 pin SCSI HD's for sale; and one can purchase an adapter to go to > the mac 50 pin cable. > > I also noticed that there are many larger size 68 pin scsi HD's around > than the 50 pin - are these 68 pin drives a bit more recent than the 50 > pin ones, and are they usable in my mac with the adapter? > > thanks > > Barry
68 pin is wide scsi. 16 bit data path vs the 50 pin's 8 bit. Drives might be slightly newer, but check the individual drives. You may also want to look onto 80 pin SCA scsi. These are server drives and the sca adapters are also easy to get.. Generally more robust than the 50 and 68 pin drives. Also hotter, larger capacity , noisier and faster than most 68 and 50. Depending upon how much storage you need, the 73Gb SCA drives seem to be the sweet spot. 10k rpm drives are starting at $20 shipped. You can ignore the tray that is included with many. That is what they used to install them in the server. Just remove the 4 screws and mount it in your Mac. The one thing to be careful of is formatting. Many SCSI drives are not included in Apple's Drive SetUp program. There are hacks to get it to recognize "non-supported" drives. Or a 3rd party drive utility like LaCies will format most any SCSI drive. Len -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
