| 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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