Re: [DMCForum] HDs

[Martin Gutkowski - DMUK <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I Bought an 18gig SCSI2 compaq drive off ebay UK for £12.50 but it too 
keeps crashing out. If it weren't for my solid reliable ancient 
double-height quantum drive, I'd start blaming the adaptor!

With scsi, the bios doesn't matter, it's all taken care of by the ASIC 
on the SCSI card. This frees up processor time and allows me to use my 
nice new P3 450 (£25) which is ample wunning win98 and netscape...

Martin

Flavia wrote:

>
> Hi Martin_
>
> I don't know if that will help you, but I have a Jaz drive that is
> SCSI and it's awesome, I don't think it's slower than a USB 1.0.
> Despite of the fact that I am a huge fan of USB (I've had it since
> like '99, when it wasn't that famous yet), I can't find any SCSI port
> to hook up to my motherboard. I have a new computer it's 2.4G 500mhz
> clock therefore I have nothing but IDE, PCI and USB, I don't think I
> have a parellel port to be honest.
> Bottomline is that I was fixing my roommate's computer and she has a
> 5yo Gateway. Her Quantum HD worked in my computer, it's a 12Gb, but
> she has a lot of music and she bought a new western digital 80mb,
> guess what, it fits but doesn't work in her computer, her BIOS
> doesn't detect it, but it does in my Dell. Then I was reading the
> HD's manual and it said something about that type of HD not working
> in older computers. i'll read the manual again and see exactly why.
> Probably only ebay will have a connector for your HD, since you said
> it's not an IDE. Like I said, it's VERY hard to find any SCSI
> adaptor. I never noticed if SCSI 2 is longer than IDE, I can check
> that too and let you know, the hint to tell IDE and SCSI apart, at
> least the way I do it is to look at the pins' thickness. The SCSI is
> thin, kinda like that needle inside cable TV cables (maybe even
> thinner), IDE is thicker.
> Actually ebay is awesome to shop for HDs, it breaks down by size and
> other details i.e. connector type. But if you are having problems,
> you are better off with a new computer, not brand new, but newer. My
> roommate spent like $50 on a new HD that is not working in her
> computer, and $50 is about how much her computer's worth at this
> point. I really don't know of any other HD connections other than
> USB, IDE and SCSI, anyone???
>
> Flavia

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