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Can CSPPC SCSI controller use LVD Hard Drives?
« on: May 28, 2009, 07:44:16 PM »
Is anyone using one or more LVD/SE 68pin SCSI Hard Drives with their CyberStorm PPC accelerator card controller?

I bought such a drive from someone here on the forums, but can't get it to work and now I am wondering if any LVD/SE drives CAN be used with the CSPPC controller?

If the answer is yes, I will buy another LVD/SE drive and just assume that the first one I got is the problem.
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Re: Can CSPPC SCSI controller use LVD Hard Drives?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 08:38:15 PM »
Thanks for the replies.  I think my problem might be that I don't have the right kind of terminators, even though they are 68pin Active terminators, they are not marked LVD/SE terminators.

Anyone know where I can find the right kind of terminators to get my LVD/SE drive working.  My goal is to remove any 50pin devices from the SCSI chain and allow the 68pin hard drive run at its fastest speed.  I have a 68pin CDROM drive, as I have read that adding any 50pin devices slows the SCSI chain so all devices run at the slower SCSI-1 speed, or something like that.

I have enabled the SE jumper on the drive, so the only thing left that could be stopping it from working is the terminators at each end of the cable are not the right kind, or the drive itself is bad.

Edit: The jumpers on my Ultra320/LVD/SE Maxtor Atlas 10k III-320 73.4GB drive are:

TERMPWR
NC
NO WIDE
STAGGER SPIN
WR PROTECT
BUSY LED
NC
FORCE SE
DELAY SPIN
FAULT LED
SCSI ID (0)
SCSI ID (1)
SCSI ID (2)
SCSI ID (3)

Which jumpers do you think I need to close/activate on this drive to get it to work with my CSPPC controller?
« Last Edit: May 28, 2009, 08:55:24 PM by amigadave »
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