Adaptec 39160 SCSI card to pair with?

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 21:49

hey guys,

I just bought an Adaptec 39160 SCSI card. It has connectors for 2 x 68-pin for LVD SCSI and 1 x 50-pin for Ultra SCSI.

May I know what type of SCSI hdds can i pair it with? I'm pretty confused by SCSI conventions.

thanks

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:06

Thanks.

Oh ya, with regards to the pins, there are 80, 68 and 50 pins. Could you explain to me what their differences are? it seems that U160 and U320 hdds are 68pins.

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:26

Thanks rpstewart. Everything is much clearer right now.

So, i can say that the 80 pins connector allows for hot-plug.

Reading from Adaptec's website, it seems like the driver for the Adaptec card has to be installed using floppy disk. Is there a way to work around it because i don't have floppy and don't want to waste money to buy a floppy just to do that.

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 22:49

how do i use nLite?

I've already got windows XP installed on the machine. But i'll need to update the BIOS to recognise the card right?

naro · 28 Jan 2007 at 23:01

Thanks. I'll try it out.

But if i want to boot from the SCSI card, do I have to set anything in the BIOS? I just read from the user reference guide from Adaptec that I have to set the BIOS Boot Specification to 'No Hard Disk'

naro · 29 Jan 2007 at 00:28

rpstewart, thanks for your help.

I'll try them out and get back to you if i've more problems..

naro · 29 Jan 2007 at 03:47

are you using it on PCI-X or PCI slots? my mobo only has PCI slots, so i can only go up to 133MB/s. So, you manage to get 80MB/s with or without Raid?

i'm on the lookout for the Cheetahs. just got a cheap Fujitsu 18.2gb 15k rpm to try out.