I got my hands on a Seagate Cheetah (model ST39102FC). I want to connect it to my home PC, but, being a complete noob, don't know how to do this. Do I need an adapter cable? A Controller Card? I have no plans to set up a RAID, I only want this disk to run the OS from, given that it's a 10k drive, with only 9G of storage.
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Got new Drive, need help connecting to puter
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Well, according to the installation guide ( you "simply plug the drive directly into your system's Fibre Channel backpanel 40-pin single connector attachment".
I don't know what that is, but I doubt it's standard equipment on your motherboard. You'll probably need to spring for an adapter.
I try not to let my ignorance prevent me from offering a strong opinion.
I don't know what that is, but I doubt it's standard equipment on your motherboard. You'll probably need to spring for an adapter.
I try not to let my ignorance prevent me from offering a strong opinion.
The IDE (flat ribbon) cable going to your present 80gig drive - does it have another big plastic socket in the middle of the cable? Did you want to run the new drive as "master" or "slave"? I'm a little confused by your description: "it's a 10k drive, with only 9G of storage". 9 gig is a whole bunch bigger than 10k!
micker377 this is not a standard desktop IDE hard drive.
This drive comes with either SCSI II or Fibre channel interface, your Asus A7N8X Deluxe comes with neither of these, so at present this drive won't work in your system!
If this drive is of the SCSI variety? you could add a bootable PCI to SCSI adaptor card and connect it to that, But at a cost.
Remember these drives are FAST! but are optimised primarily for server and workstation applications, which is quite a differant enviroment when compared to the way an average desktop PC is used.
In other words, there is little to be gained by using one of these drives in the average desktop PC.
If you want speed then the only fast 10,000rpm hard drive that has been especially optimised for desktop is WesternDigitals Raptor series.
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This drive comes with either SCSI II or Fibre channel interface, your Asus A7N8X Deluxe comes with neither of these, so at present this drive won't work in your system!
If this drive is of the SCSI variety? you could add a bootable PCI to SCSI adaptor card and connect it to that, But at a cost.
Remember these drives are FAST! but are optimised primarily for server and workstation applications, which is quite a differant enviroment when compared to the way an average desktop PC is used.
In other words, there is little to be gained by using one of these drives in the average desktop PC.
If you want speed then the only fast 10,000rpm hard drive that has been especially optimised for desktop is WesternDigitals Raptor series.
Martin
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Micker, the 10k I spoke of refered to the speed of the drive, 10,000 RPM, aka 10k. Sorry for being vague.
Papa, thanks for the info. I could not tell you if it's a SCSI drive. I know PATA and SATA only. This bad boy is out of my league.
I'll look for an adapter card for it. My guess is that this card will be real expersnive and I won't want to shell out the cash. I got the subject drive for $8.00 USD, so I don't mind using it as a paper weight.
Papa, thanks for the info. I could not tell you if it's a SCSI drive. I know PATA and SATA only. This bad boy is out of my league.
I'll look for an adapter card for it. My guess is that this card will be real expersnive and I won't want to shell out the cash. I got the subject drive for $8.00 USD, so I don't mind using it as a paper weight.
OK, now that I'm awake - here's a .pdf file with "everything you ever wanted to know" about this drive.
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