[CLUE-Tech] OT: SCSI question

[Mike Staver]

Thanks, I did find 3 of these adaptors at the house of cables on 
Arapahoe - and until I get the rest of the box built, I won't know for 
sure if they will keep the 320 speed up, but I know my LVD cable, 
Adaptec controller, and drives are all supposed to be 320, so we'll see 
if the adapter can maintain that.  Thanks again everyone for the info.

Match Grun wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:41:13 -0600
> Mike Staver <staver at fimble.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>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
> 
> The drives you got have 80-pin connectors. These are typically used with
> hotswap containers. The part you are looking for is called a "SCA Host
> Adaptor". This has a 68-pin connector that runs to the controller and
> other SCSI drives in the system, and a 4-pin power connector. You will
> need one for each drive.
> 
> Match
> 
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