This might not be much help, but I bought one of those Seagate drives from Surplus Computers, with the idea of installing it in my PCP 210 desktop machine. I put it into an external drive case so that I could install 9.1 onto it, along with a bunch of the software that I normally use, before attempting to physically install it into the PCP itself. My idea was to get it running properly before taking the PCP apart, because as you know it is a lot of fooling around to get the machine apart and shoehorn the new drive in there.
Here are my comments about the Seagate Barracuda 9.1 gig ultra SCSI: It is self-terminating by default, so you don't need to use a terminator. The 80 to 50 pin adapter's price has been reduced to $9.95 Delivery of the drive was prompt and correct. Seagate's website has copious information about its drives - but no information whatever about this model number! The drive is VERY noisy !! Here is the big mystery to me: As I loaded 9.1 and software onto the drive (from original CDs, the largest program being Photoshop 6), the drive fragmented dramatically. I have two partitions on the drive, and both did the same thing, although the second partition has no operating system and simply has files stored on it. The drive slowed down, and DiskWarrior said that it was 40% fragmented. I defragemented and installed a couple other programs and in minutes it was 37% fragmented again (!?!) with no opening of those programs at all, nor storing of files, etc. I also ran a general repair with Norton Utilities 6. What is causing this? I have 5 or 6 drives and none has behaved in this manner, and I have only loaded the software I routinely use successfully. Any ideas? At this point the drive has serious extension conflicts (again, why ??) that I have not worked out, so I am about to start over from scratch and re-initialize. Has anyone had similar experiences? Jerome >I'm looking for a drive to do simple editing in iMovie >on a PCP 180 without spending a whole lot. The choice >seems to be either IDE or UltraSCSI. A few weeks back, >I posted about buying a Seagate SCSI from Surplus >computers but backed out of buying it when I found out >that it was gonna be a tight fit in the machine >(desktop unit, not a tower). Plus, when I added the >cost of a terminator and a 80 to 50 pin adapter, I >thought why not just buy an IBM UltraStar from OWC for >a little more and get a better fit in the machine. >However, the more I look at the various options out >there, the more my head spins. I also have the Adaptec >2930BU UtlraSCSI card in my machine. Any suggestions? >thanks in advance > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
