[CLUE-Tech] OT: SCSI question

[kevin.lane at comcast.net]

There are adaptors that will have a power connector receptacle that will allow you to connect one of the powersupply power leads to it. I believe there may also be adaptors that will pull the power from the SCSI bus, either way, you should be able to find the right adaptor for your needs.

The issue you may come up with (and I have not checked the drives to see what they support) is that you may be attaching the wrong type drive to the wrong type bus, in which case you could see degraded performance, or it just may not work at all.

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Kevin Lane
Kevin.Lane at comcast.net


> I have a rather off topic question about SCSI I'm hoping someone can 
> help me with.  I ordered a new motherboard with onboard SCSI, I believe 
> the type of SCSI connector onboard is called LVD - it's the narrower 
> interface.  I then ordered 3 Seagate 10k RPM Ultra 320 SCSI drives.... 
> but I mistakenly ordered the wrong type of drive, because the SCSI 
> interfaces on the drives are very wide and the drives have no power 
> connectors.  Does anyone know if it's ok (or possible) to find a 
> converter cable for these, especially since they appear to draw power 
> off the SCSI bus?
> -- 
> 
>                                  -Mike Staver
>                                   staver at fimble.com
>                                   mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com
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