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@Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:52:33 -0400
Subject: Re: How to safely test a SCSI drive?
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Get & run the free DFT program from Hitachi or IBM.

Stephen Worthington wrote:
 
> ** Reply to message from Davey Brain  on Mon, 29
> Sep 2003 07:15:03 -0400
 
> > Last May I bought some SCSI stuff at Dayton.  I was told it was all
> > working when pulled from the servers they were in.  I got 2 SCSI cards,
> > an Adaptec AHA2940U & an AdvanSys/IOmega ABP-960U;  in
addition I got an
> > IBM Ultrastar 9G UW 68P 3 1/2" hard drive. I only paid
$10.00 total and
> > both cards work fine.  I decided to test the hard drive in my old
> > Packard Bell Synera system that I was using for a test system.  I hooked
> > up the drive but forgot to unhook everything else on the PS.  As soon as
> > I hit the power button it took out the PS.

PB's aren't known for robust power supplies. That thing might be 135
watts.
 
> IBM Ultrastar drives are mostly 10,000 rpm, and as a result they seem

I have about 8 Ultrastars, and every one is 7,200. All Ultrastar means
is SCSI.
 
> If you put this drive in a running system, it is best to jumper it to
> accept spin up commands and tell the SCSI card to spin it up when it
> gets to it in sequence.  This spreads the startup load on the power
> supply.

A good idea with several drives in the system, but if only a #2 drive,
it shouldn't be necessary.
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                                                James 1:19 NIV

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