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Article #619Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset
From: Bernie Bildman
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:00
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I contacted Seagate tech via their internet tech support, and got a reply from a live tech, that in fact it is the voltage mentioned below. It was the Arizona chip mentioned in another note here, and the TX chip. My hard drive the ST52520A he said was not affected. Hope this helps. In article <348D7191.3866@powernethk.com>, hitalent <hitalent@powernethk.com> wrote: |>Lonnie McClure wrote: |>> |>> On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 00:16:40 -0800 "Gary Robertshaw" <groberts@fix.net> |>> wrote: |>> |>> >I have the exact same model (ST-3851A), which was working on another |>> >computer. I have 2 TX-chipset boards, and niether of them can format this |>> >drive. I assumed it had gone bad. Maybe I'll try it on a different |>> >board... |>> |>> A kludgey solution might be to pick up a cheap ISA IDE card to install |>> temporarily, soley for the purpose of formatting the drive. |>> |>> ========================= |>> lmcclure1@mindspring.com |> |> |>the problem is Seagate ST-3XXX is a 5V TTL bus control |>TX is 3.3V TTL bus control interface, other is not. |>so some TX mother-board turn VIO to 3.45 or above - Bernie
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