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Western Digital HDs
« on: February 08, 2004, 11:07:43 PM »
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.
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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2004, 11:57:24 PM »
What SCSI controller are you using?
Due you have the SCSI bus properly terminated ?
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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2004, 12:27:06 AM »
Western Digital hard drives are CRAP, IMO. Last year, I sent back 2 drives that were bad and I have one sitting here, that they 'refurbed', waiting to go back.  I used to love their drives, but everyone I've gotten from them has been nothing but crap and I can't recommend them to anyone.

Just my 2p.
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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2004, 12:51:04 AM »
I have used only WD harddrives in my Amiga4000 and they have worked beautifully. Yours is probably faulty. Send it back.
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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2004, 02:22:42 AM »
Is this drive by chance an 'OEM' drive??
In my experience you have to be very careful
about OEM drives. Some will work and others will
not.
It is my understanding that they use special
rom chips on OEM drives to make them compatable
with a certain system which doesn't always make
them compatable with other systems.
I have an IBM drive that will NOT work in my A3k
but works fine in my PC.
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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2004, 03:22:04 PM »
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What SCSI controller are you using?
  The stock 3000 controller      scsi.device

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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.

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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.

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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2004, 06:00:48 PM »
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Western Digital hard drives are CRAP, IMO.

I hear that about every manufacturer, though WD have been the most reliable for me (even more than IBM).  Then again, I always get the top-of-the-line models, like the awesome JB series.

I guarantee that nobody beats Maxtor for shoddy quality.  Every new Maxtor drive I've ever owned (a few) have had problems sooner or later.
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Re: Western Digital HDs
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2004, 06:16:41 PM »
It could be that you simply need an upgrade to your WD SCSI chip to revision 08. A3000 stock SCSI chipset is quite old, and this upgrade makes it work better with newer type SCSI devices. Probably DMAC 4 and Ramsey 7 would be of use too, however good luck finding a DMAC 4. Even if you do it's at least $50USD. :-(
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