Western Digital HDs

[T3000]

I purchased a factory refurbished,  Western Digital 2170 SCSI-2 50 pin HD for $2.50 us (shipping was 3 times as much) to give my 3000T a fresh os install. I figured the new less than 4 gig HD wouldn't give me problems.

After a few hours of jumper setting frustration with scsi locks or no spin up, the HD still isn't recognized by the system to be formatted.  I've booted with the 3.1 install disk, nothing. The 3.5 emergency boot disk, still nothing.

Any one out there have any suggestions or knowledge of WD drives and how to make them work with Amigas? The WD site didn't give me much to work with except a jumper setting chart.

[T3000]

What SCSI controller are you using?

  The stock 3000 controller      scsi.device

Due you have the SCSI bus properly terminated ?

  This is something that I do have problems with.  I assume that when the drive light stays green and ceases activity it is not properly terminated. Other wise I assume it is properly terminated.

Is this drive by chance an 'OEM' drive??

 From the label it would appear that it had come from a Compaq.

If it doesn't work in my Amigas, it is not worth the effort to send it back, I'll try and put it in the sMACmytush at work...

Thanks for the help.