ultra2 wide lvd controller and new disks

[ggggus]

I have an ultra2 wide lvd 80 pin controller.

I'm looking at some new drives for my computer, and my OS is currently on a 9.1gb drive in my system. I would like to keep it there, so I don't have to re-build the computer...meaning I want to keep my controller for now.

Can I get newer drives and still work with my old controller? I know my contoller is backwards compatible and will work with older scsi disks, but are scsi disks backwards compatible with older cards?

I'm looking at some 10k wide ultra 3 drives on ebay, and hoping I can get some of those...and maybe upgrade my controller the next time I feel like I need to rebuild my computer.

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J. Jacobs

http://www.piercedmedia.com

 

[edfair]

Would you consider getting a second controller for the new drive. That way you don't have to worry as you upgrade in the future.
Keep the LVD stuff together until it dies.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[ggggus]

I could I guess, but I have concerns about that.

I have a scanner that is SCSI 2 and when I tried installing the SCSI 2 controller along for use with the scanner, my machine would no longer boot. I think the machine didn't know which SCSI controller to look for a bootable drive on.

I'm running this on my office PC, it's just an Athlon 2800 on an ASUS mobo.

Maybe I just missed something when I installed two controllers...does the order they are in the PCI slots matter?

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J. Jacobs

http://www.piercedmedia.com

 

[cdlvj]

The 160/320 series that is currently out requires the 68 pin connect, so you will not be able to use your controller.

SCSI has always been backward compatible, but recently with the outsourcing and all, there have been issues. Used to be bullet-proof.

The issue with the 2nd controller is in your bios, and usually does not matter about the slot, Some of the earlier boards, this sometimes fixed problem. Was the load bios disabled on the 2nd card? You set that with the CTRL-A.