John BORIS wrote: > I have to replace the SCSI cards in one of my production servers. Yes I > had a spare but the spare might be bad as well. Anyway I need to get an > Adaptec 29160. When I search for these I get a lot of places that have > them but they are OEM units. Years ago I had issues with an adaptec card > that was a pull from a Dell and was an oem card. The unit I was using it > in was not a dell but I figured all cards of that number are equal. Well > things wouldn't work especially with scanners and other things I > attached to the external connector. A call to Adaptec tech support got > me the answer that I would have to contact Dell since they sold the card > to Dell as an OEM and they could have done something to the bios. > > I just tossed the card and never bought them again but I am wondering > have any other folks on the list had issues using a SCSI card that was > an OEM pull from one system to another? > > My system is running SCO and has the ad160 driver loaded into the > kernel so that is why I need to stay with that model card. Otherwise I > have to do a fresh install which is something I dread. > > Meanwhile I am still searching for one of these cards that isn't an > OEM. > > TIA > > John J. Boris Sr. > JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia > Chairmen Professional IT Community Conference (PICC'12) > www.picconf.org
Hi John, Funny thing -- in the process of moving I'm ejecting my collection of SCSI gear. I've got a non-OEM Adaptec 29160 in front of me that would have been in a dumpster next week. The label on the big chip == "ASC-29160 '00 1858200 F 0522". The firmware is v3.10. Free to a good home (shipping extra). Contact me off-list to make arrangements. -- Charles Polisher _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
