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What do I need to interface a bare Fugitsu 10 gb SCSI hdd to a PC?

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Salvador

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Hi. I have an older Pentium Pro system and my brother-in-law recently gave me a 10 gb Fugitsu SCSI hard drive (bare drive). I was thinking about installing it in this old computer and was wondering what I need to get it up and running?

Cables? SCSI card? I believe that I have a PCI slot in this system and it's my guess that a PCI SCSI card would be a lot faster than a ISA card.

What sort of money do I need to spend on a SCSI card though? How fast of a card do I need? I want to do this as cheaply as possibly. I just don't know what I'm looking for here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,

Sal
 
First, find out what kind of a scsi hd you have, ie. Wide, UW, etc.

Then you will determine what kind of card to get and how much to spend. I would suggest getting an affordable card with a cable if possible(cause cables can end up costing alot). Chances are that it will be a pci scsi card that you find now anyway, most cards for awhile now have been pci.

You should probably think about spending around $50-150 US for a card and cable minimum. I would check out Adaptec or Tekram cards cause this is what I know about and they seem to be good brands for quality.

When you figure out what the drive is capable of, and if you still have questions on "exact" card to get, have the info ready so we can determine what card.
 
Well.. It's a Fujitsu model number M2949SYU. The part number is CAO1407-B713. The drive is dated 1997. I couldn't find anything on the Fujitsu site, so I don't know where to look for information regarding this drive.

I didn't mention this, but the drive is a pull from a server. Obviously I don't want to spend a whole lot because it's going into an older computer. I'll probably be buying a used card and cable for it if I can find something. I just need to know what to look for and what I should be looking at spending for something like this.

I figured that the drive was free and I already have the pc, so why not? Question about the drive. I thought that I read somewhere that some older scsi drives aren't any faster than IDE drives and they are much noisier. Is this true? If so, do I have one of these drives by the sound of it?

I guess what I'm trying to get at is if this is even worth doing? I don't want to spend over $100 on this if it's not going to be any better than the IDE drive that I have in the system already.

BTW.. The PPro system is 180 mhz OC'd to 200 mhz with 160 mb's of EDO RAM.

Thanks again,

Sal
 
A Google search returned this link. It appears that your drive is a 9.1GB, 7200RPM ultra SCSI drive. It has a 50 pin scsi connector which will give you a maximum transfer rate of 20MB/s. Yes, in almosta all cases a new IDE drive will be faster than the drive you have.
 
Here is a link to fujitsu Europe with a small dab of info. The drive was appearantly avaliable in SCSI2, fast, and WIde versions. How many pins is the interface connection?

Fujitsu Europe
 
It's probably not faster than a new hdd, but it's probably faster than the 4 year old 4gb IDE drive that I have in it now. Looks like I need a 20 MB/s card and those aren't too cheap.

So.. What sort of card should I look for? Apparently one that requires a 50 pin cable.

Is this even worth messing with?

You know.. For some reason, I didn't pull up anything on a google search for this drive. Oh well. Thanks for finding the info.

Thanks again,

Sal
 


<< It's probably not faster than a new hdd, but it's probably faster than the 4 year old 4gb IDE drive that I have in it now. Looks like I need a 20 MB/s card and those aren't too cheap. >>

It's definitely not faster than a new drive, but you are right, it will be faster than the old 4 gigger you have now.

<< So.. What sort of card should I look for? Apparently one that requires a 50 pin cable. >>

Or one that has the same number of pins as the drive - you'll have to count them to be sure. After you do that, look around on the For Sale/For Trade forums here - lots of times someone is selling a decent SCSI card for MUCH less than new.

<< Is this even worth messing with? >>

Consider that you can get a 20GB 5400 RPM IDE drive for $58 or a 40GB 7200 RPM IDE drive for $76 from newegg.com and see what a SCSI card will cost you and then decide if it is worth it.

 


<< Consider that you can get a 20GB 5400 RPM IDE drive for $58 or a 40GB 7200 RPM IDE drive for $76 from newegg.com and see what a SCSI card will cost you and then decide if it is worth it. >>


So.. Even a 20 gb 5400 rpm drive is faster than this scsi drive? Forget it then. I just figured that the drive was free and it was something to mess around with, but it sounds like it's not worth bothering with.

Thanks for the advice.

Sal
 


<< Even a 20 gb 5400 rpm drive is faster than this scsi drive? >>

Very broadly speaking, yes.

But if you can find a SCSI controller for $15, it would certainly be worth messing around with.
 
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