David R. wrote: > It must be an 80 pin SCA drive. Thing is Jeff, I was hoping to install this > as the 'only' scsi drive in the chain. Right now I have two scsi drives and > really only need one since IDE has become the primary boot. > > Being the only drive on the chain, in an emergency scsi boot, do you think > this drive as sole in chain, would be dependable?
David, If you have an adapter, try it. I have a 9GB adapted ultrastar 80 pin I've used in both s900's. It has an 80 to 50 pin adapter from OWC (came with the drive - I too was unaware that it was an 80 pin sca drive). I've used it primarily on the internal fast scsi bus with a CD terminating the chain, and have had no problems. I've also used it on the bus with it terminated on the end of the chain - It worked fine by itself, but I don't think it worked very well with anything else on the bus - i.e. it didn't terminate the bus very well. It probably depends on the adapter that you have (get?). I have not experienced any data corruption in either set-up - but have only used it extensively in the motherboard----> HD -------> terminated CD setup. tom -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
