Ok, so, I have the SCSI cage from a Compaq Proliant server, and the Smart Array card, along with 3 working drives and one drive that I think is dead, but i'm not sure (its light goes orange, the other ones go green...)
So, after some reading and information gathering, I can presume that these drives use SES given that they lack power connetors or jumper pins, I have the cage thingy that they can draw power from (i should say, the circuit board part of the cage thingy, rigged into an ATX PSU, it gives em power, afaik it works fine (providing 5v and 12v, which is all they say they need, and of course grounds)
Alright, so here is the question:
With the Smart Array controller in a computer (I tried it in my AthlonXP system, which has an Abit AN7) it totally messes up Windows and totally messes up Linux (neither Kubuntu 6.06, nor Ubuntu 5.10 would work properly, Ubuntu couldn't even try to install)
So i'm guessing the Smart Array 3200 controller I have is probably screwed up somehow (during boot, when it comes to it's screen, it says PCI Bus Doesn't Support Parity Checking, i'm guessing that's a feature it wanted)
Realizing that a new Ultra-2 controller is only like $35 at newegg, it would make sense to just hook em up to that, and have myself a SCSI array for a hard drive, however, I'm wondering if they'd even work in such a configuration, upon discovering that they use SES (was wondering how they got power from that board...) will this drive support that?
Or should I just trash these drives/turn them into decoration/etc?
Any advice? (also, if anyone knows WHY the Smart Array messes up everything, that'd be nice to know, although i'm guessing it's that it wants parity checking)
So, after some reading and information gathering, I can presume that these drives use SES given that they lack power connetors or jumper pins, I have the cage thingy that they can draw power from (i should say, the circuit board part of the cage thingy, rigged into an ATX PSU, it gives em power, afaik it works fine (providing 5v and 12v, which is all they say they need, and of course grounds)
Alright, so here is the question:
With the Smart Array controller in a computer (I tried it in my AthlonXP system, which has an Abit AN7) it totally messes up Windows and totally messes up Linux (neither Kubuntu 6.06, nor Ubuntu 5.10 would work properly, Ubuntu couldn't even try to install)
So i'm guessing the Smart Array 3200 controller I have is probably screwed up somehow (during boot, when it comes to it's screen, it says PCI Bus Doesn't Support Parity Checking, i'm guessing that's a feature it wanted)
Realizing that a new Ultra-2 controller is only like $35 at newegg, it would make sense to just hook em up to that, and have myself a SCSI array for a hard drive, however, I'm wondering if they'd even work in such a configuration, upon discovering that they use SES (was wondering how they got power from that board...) will this drive support that?
Or should I just trash these drives/turn them into decoration/etc?
Any advice? (also, if anyone knows WHY the Smart Array messes up everything, that'd be nice to know, although i'm guessing it's that it wants parity checking)