SCSI guru needed

[Gand1]

I have a Seagate Ultra 160 SCA drive with a converter on it to make it fit a 68 pin connector. The problem is when the drive is in use it keeps resetting the SCSI bus and the drive eventually disconnects. Yes, everything is properly terminated and is running on an Adaptec 29160n card. The small converter I have has an eight(I think) pin-out that is 9-line negation termination. What is that? How do I use it and will that solve my disconecting problem? Argh! I wanna use my 18 gigs!!!
Here is the connector that I have if it helps.(the last adapter on the page)


The adapter

 

[borealiss]

i have one of these in an amd system. some of these adapters have jumpers on them, and this one probably has them too. what are they set to and what options are available? also, if the drive eventually disconnects, is it still spinning? some adapters that are cheap can sag from cable weight and because of this the power is lost to the drive.

 

[BIGGDOG]

Seek out Mastertech01 He may have your answer.

Great guy.

 

[kombatmud]

not sure, but it sounds like your sca adapter has built in termination, which would make it incompatible with lvd. Looking at the site you provided, it's definately not LVD compatible. Since your drive is LVD (U160), you need an LVD compatible adapter. Sometimes it'll work at a lower speed without one, but not always. You want to get an adapter that specificly states that it is LVD compatible, such as the top adapter on that page you posted.

 

[Platypussssssss]

Try running the drive in SE (single ended) mode. If that works then it is the adapters fault.