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On 10 Jan 2007 at 13:58, Tim wrote:
> I was given an IBM Pc server 310, It has no hard drive. The drive that
> goes into it is a (scuzy drive ? ) It is a 50 pin hookup. I want to
> switch it to a regular HD. Can I bypass that by Placing a PCI IDE
> controller card in it ? Or is there a patch cord for it. I have no
> idea. Thanks for your help.
Although it's often pronounced "scuzzy", it's actually spelled SCSI.
There have been about as many generations of SCSI as of IDE/EIDE/ATAPI/PATA,
but while the latter has maintained compatibility with a single 40-pin
connector, practically every generation of SCSI introduced a different
connector.
A PCI IDE controller card *should* allow you to avoid having to learn the
details of SCSI, and at this point that's probably a pretty good idea.
It's *possible* that IBM has done something in the BIOS of the machine to
require that the boot drive be attached to the built-in SCSI controller.
There are justifications both for and against this, and I don't know what
IBM finally decided on.
If you're going to buy a PCI controller card, you might want to think
about going SATA instead. You might have a reason not to do that -- just so
you consider it and don't later wish you had!
David Gillett
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