🚀 go-pugleaf

George Adkins wrote:
> 
> ty > wrote in message <38b0bb94_4@news.cadvision.com>...
> >I'm still not clear for some reason.. So I can put *any* SCSI drive that
> has
> >an SCA connector into a Sparc 5 and 20? And likewise for any SCSI drive
> that
> >has a 68 pin connector into an Ultra 1? What about LVD, etc? I would really
> >like to put a pair of modern Quantum Atlas 18GBs drives into my SS20
> >(disregarding heat issues) Can I do this?
> 
> LVD drives work just fine, I had been running a 9 gig Barracuda LVD in my
> ss20 for a couple of months here now... (before I moved it into my new
> U1/200E) you just have to set the SE jumper.  (by the way, the Wide SCSI of
> the U1/E models IS noticeably faster...)

I just tried an 18Gb IBM 18ES LVD/SE disk in my SS20 but it did not work out
very well. At bootup the drive is identified correctly but it never spins up,
it merely makes a very faint chirping sound. I also checked in an Ultra-1 with
the same result. The drive was shipped with the "SE mode" jumper installed so
I did not need to change anything, the "Disable auto spin" jumper was not in-
stalled either so I had expected it to start up all by itself.

There is not anything connected to the external SCSI port at the moment, not
even a terminator, but I do not think that the terminator would make the drive
spin any more willingly. 

Sounds like I got a rotten egg, even if it was delivered in an untampered
foil wrapping without any visual signs of abuse.