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| SCSI probs [message #76141] |
Sat, 18 November 2006 12:29  |
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Well, it's been a long time since I've been here, and unfortunately, I no
longer have my PARIS system.
(Hopefully this will be remedied... Some day.) Anyways, I have this old SCSI
drive with tons of unfinished work on it, and I thought I'd like to hear
some of the 3-year-old mixdowns. Problem is, I have a brand new computer,
and even when I called IBM for a termonology refresher so I could get this
drive working, they said that I was using some "pretty old technology" and
that it was "almost obsolete." Wha? A 15k SCSI drive is that tired? Anyways,
I'm not very technically inclined nowadays, as I lose any abilities that I
don't nurture. So I may have a hard time giving correct information in the
matter, but I'm sure someone here knows what's up. Here's the problem.
I have an IBM Ultrastar 36Z15 Drive, model# ic35l036ucpr15-0.
This is the 36.7 GB, 15,000 RPM unit.
I bought an Ultra 160 controller and SCA adaptor (80 pin to SCSI 3) As per
the IBM guy.
A terminator is built in to the ribbon cable.
It looks exactly the same as the setup I had in my Paris system.
The SCSI boot utility detects the drive, but when it tried to verify the
media, it times out. If I boot Windows, I get the boot screen, and just when
it is about to go to the XP logon screen, I get black. The SCSI spins,
stops, spins, stops.. for as long as I keep the computer plugged in.
I confess that I have no idea what jumpers to worry about (disable parity,
delay spin, etc.) But right now, I can't do an entire research project on
this, and I don't have a studio anymore anyways.. I just got a bit
nostalgic. So does anyone have any ideas off the top of their head? Is the
drive toast? It worked a few months ago before I tossed the old computer,
but that was with the old adaptor and controller.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
John
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| Re: SCSI probs [message #76143 is a reply to message #76141] |
Sat, 18 November 2006 13:54  |
Martin Harrington
Messages: 560
Registered: September 2005
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John,
If you know anyone that has an "old" AVID video editing system, see if you
can hook the drive up to their system, and copy the files to their newer
drives which are most probably IDE, and get them to burn a DVD or the like.
Never know, it may work.
--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com
"John" <no@spam.com> wrote in message news:455f6ae6$1@linux...
> Well, it's been a long time since I've been here, and unfortunately, I no
> longer have my PARIS system.
> (Hopefully this will be remedied... Some day.) Anyways, I have this old
> SCSI drive with tons of unfinished work on it, and I thought I'd like to
> hear some of the 3-year-old mixdowns. Problem is, I have a brand new
> computer, and even when I called IBM for a termonology refresher so I
> could get this drive working, they said that I was using some "pretty old
> technology" and that it was "almost obsolete." Wha? A 15k SCSI drive is
> that tired? Anyways, I'm not very technically inclined nowadays, as I lose
> any abilities that I don't nurture. So I may have a hard time giving
> correct information in the matter, but I'm sure someone here knows what's
> up. Here's the problem.
>
> I have an IBM Ultrastar 36Z15 Drive, model# ic35l036ucpr15-0.
> This is the 36.7 GB, 15,000 RPM unit.
>
> I bought an Ultra 160 controller and SCA adaptor (80 pin to SCSI 3) As per
> the IBM guy.
> A terminator is built in to the ribbon cable.
>
> It looks exactly the same as the setup I had in my Paris system.
>
> The SCSI boot utility detects the drive, but when it tried to verify the
> media, it times out. If I boot Windows, I get the boot screen, and just
> when it is about to go to the XP logon screen, I get black. The SCSI
> spins, stops, spins, stops.. for as long as I keep the computer plugged
> in.
>
> I confess that I have no idea what jumpers to worry about (disable parity,
> delay spin, etc.) But right now, I can't do an entire research project on
> this, and I don't have a studio anymore anyways.. I just got a bit
> nostalgic. So does anyone have any ideas off the top of their head? Is the
> drive toast? It worked a few months ago before I tossed the old computer,
> but that was with the old adaptor and controller.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Thanks
> John
>
>
>
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| Re: SCSI probs [message #76172 is a reply to message #76161] |
Sun, 19 November 2006 14:22 |
nosp
Messages: 11
Registered: November 2006
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Thanks Neil, good thinking.
Neil wrote:
> John, try a few TV stations in your market - call their
> production manager & ask what they'd charge to transfer some
> stuff for you... it's tough to find a TV station that doesn't
> have an Avid system of some type.
>
> Neil
>
> John <nosp@m.com> wrote:
>> I'm out of luck there. I'm pretty much out of the recording industry
>> loop. I'm in a small, new town, and I don't know anyone yet. I guess I
>> could call some computer techs and see if they can transfer to a RAID
>> drive for me.
>>
>> Martin Harrington wrote:
>>> John,
>>> If you know anyone that has an "old" AVID video editing system, see if
> you
>>> can hook the drive up to their system, and copy the files to their newer
>
>>> drives which are most probably IDE, and get them to burn a DVD or the
> like.
>>> Never know, it may work.
>
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| Re: SCSI probs [message #76203 is a reply to message #76172] |
Mon, 20 November 2006 05:12 |
John [1]
Messages: 2229
Registered: September 2005
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For the record this is not the same John as ME the original. How about adding
an initial or change your nick to John Diddy or something. hehe
John
no@no.com
John <nosp@m.com> wrote:
>Thanks Neil, good thinking.
>Neil wrote:
>> John, try a few TV stations in your market - call their
>> production manager & ask what they'd charge to transfer some
>> stuff for you... it's tough to find a TV station that doesn't
>> have an Avid system of some type.
>>
>> Neil
>>
>> John <nosp@m.com> wrote:
>>> I'm out of luck there. I'm pretty much out of the recording industry
>>> loop. I'm in a small, new town, and I don't know anyone yet. I guess
I
>>> could call some computer techs and see if they can transfer to a RAID
>>> drive for me.
>>>
>>> Martin Harrington wrote:
>>>> John,
>>>> If you know anyone that has an "old" AVID video editing system, see
if
>> you
>>>> can hook the drive up to their system, and copy the files to their newer
>>
>>>> drives which are most probably IDE, and get them to burn a DVD or the
>> like.
>>>> Never know, it may work.
>>
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