Scsi+ide

[max u.]

I've just built a pooter, and I wanna put both SCSI and IDE HDs in it. So I was just wondering if someone could tell me how to do that (e.g. what to do). I've never dealt with SCSI before, so it's kinda difficult to figure out myself.

Thanks go to any1 who can help.:)

[nsu]

Seeing you already have the IDE part figured out. What you will need is a SCSI card and SCSI hard drive or hard drives, natuarally SCSI cable. If you are using LVD SCSI hard drives (all the new SCSI drives are LVD), then you will also need a terminator. Post more details of what you would need to achieve, then more help can be provided.

[max u.]

The SCSI HD I want to add in is Seagate Cheetah X15-36LP 36.7Gb. My mothboard is MSI K7T266 Pro2.
BTW, can you recommend a good (but not with a crazy price tag attached) controller and terminator?

[nsu]

Wow, 15000 RPM SCSI drive. Serious stuff you are talking about. Hope you are not just use it for desktop and run Windows 98 or the like.:)

This is a LVD drive, so you will need a terminator for sure. All the LVD drives do not provide on-drive termination like the old SE drives do. If the SCSI card does not come with a cable, then you can buy a LVD 68pin cable bundled with terminator, instead of buying separately.

Adaptec is the industry standard, so their controllers will have the least compatibility issues. They do come with a price though. If you are not planning running some weird operating system on it, then most of the other brand SCSI card should do too. I think it is hard to find a poor quality SCSI card anyway. Manufacturers produce poor quality add-on cards generally do not make SCSI card.

As the drive has a Ultra 160 (160MB/s) interface, a U160 controller is preferred. I think a cheaper U2W (80MB/s) card should also do the trick unless you are putting many drives on the SCSI channel.

Most important thing for your set up is the cooling. 15000RPM drives are HOT, so you might want to invest a hard drive cooler as well as make sure the case is well ventilated.

[max u.]

Yep, this drive sure isn't just for gaming!;)

And do you think 4 chassis fans (+ Enermax PSU draws some air from CPU area) will be enough? Or will I need a drive bay cooler for it?

[nsu]

Originally posted by max u.
Yep, this drive sure isn't just for gaming!;)

And do you think 4 chassis fans (+ Enermax PSU draws some air from CPU area) will be enough? Or will I need a drive bay cooler for it?

Those fans should keep the air moving in the case. I would still get a dedicated hard drive cooler. Those drives are really hot, we have two high speed fans drawing air directly over three of these drives. You can feel the constant warm air in the front of the fans. They serve as a heater in the winter.:D

[brad]

Those extra case fans should do the trick. Especially if there are adequate holes in the front of the drive bays to ensure that plenty of room-temp air is drawn in and over the drives.

I'm running the same mobo with a 1800XP+, 2 hd, cd, cd-rw, dvd, and 5 PCI slots full. Two of them are A/D-D/A DAS cards that generate significantly more heat than most pc users are likely to encounter and the inside case temp is still never more than 2C above room temp. Case is an InWin Q500 using all 3 extra fan mounting points.

I think the key is to make sure the case allows as much air to be drawn in the front as the fans are capable of flowing out the back and unfortunately there are plenty of cases wherein that point was obviously not very well thought out.

Also consider not mounting multiple drives right on top of each other. Leaving an empty bay between them really helps protect expensive SCSI drives. Good luck........

Brad

[max u.]

Thankx for advices, people! I can't imagine what I would do without you!
Now it's time to get hands dirty and get to putting all that stuff together...:cool:

Thanks again!

[Gary]

I use SCSI (dds3 tbu and 9g hdd) and IDE 20g 7200 HDD, DVD, CDRW and CD in my main machine.

Sorry fellas, Win98Se!

There are lots of little things to know:

Your SCSI controler can control if the SCSI drive is bootable. Your SCSI controller may assign a drive letter as well but it's all up to the OS what the actual drive letter may be. If you boot from the IDE and have multiple partitions AND format the SCSI drive with a primary partition it will usually default to D: and put your other IDE partitions behind it. To aviod this fdisk the SCSI drive with an extended partition and it will appear as the drive letter after all of the IDE partitions.

I did have a yahama SCSI CDRW but when it went south I opted for an IDE burner. That's the downside... cost.

I use an intio SCSI adapter and have had nothing but good things happen. SCSI is Good! :)