>>Anyone knows the right jumper settings for this drive?I've got two of them but I have difficulties in getting them to work. I have a sca adapter with active termination and I'd like to use one as the last device on the 8600's internal bus (on the floor) or on the external bus.
When you connect an SCA adapter the adapter's termination takes control over the drive's settings. Suggest you leave termination off on the drive and setup only the adapter's. On my ST19171WC I only set its SCSI ID No. leaving all other pins unjumpered.
Thanks for the replys.
Found the data sheet from The Tech Page and the manual from Seagate (at last).
I have no jumpers set on the drive and only the ID=2 jumper on the SCA adapter. So the Motor Start and Start Delay are at their defaults (off, no jumpers).
I tried the drive in an external case (scsi bus 1): the drive mounts, but when I try to verify it with Disk First Aid (v8.6/OS 9.1), the program hangs and I must restart. In OS X the verification went smoothly. After verification I erased it with Disk Utility (OS X) but the problem with DFA didn't go away. Should I just avoid Disk First Aid? BTW System Profiler says it's a SX19171W drive...
As an internal drive, it's more serious. The machine won't go past the happy Mac unless I disconnect my ordinary startup disk from the bus (0) and start from a cd. The Barracuda has been the last device in the chain.
And about installing the drive inside the computer case: does the 8600 have enough room for the drive or should I drill new mounting holes further away from the case door? There's not much room for the scsi connector since the adapter is towards the door and the drive is full height.
-sameli
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