Hi there - I'm a complete newbie to SCSI and I'm trying to fit a SCSI drive into a machine... Only thing is, I can't seem to get it working.

Here's what I have:

PIII 733/256MB RAM running Windows 2000
Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W PCI SCSI installed and working fine
Seagate Cheetah ST39103LC (terminated as 80 pin LVD)
68 pin LVD + power to 80 pin LVD Converter
SCSI Cable - 3 dev, 1 host, 1 term (68 pin LVD)

The system is up and running, and the SCSI bios recognises the device as device 1. However the device is set at device 0 on the HDD, and ID0 on the LVD Converter. The bios/tools were able to recognise/format the drive, however upon booting into Windows the drive is not available and has not been assigned a letter - even though it appears in my hardware list.

The cable is being used as follows: the host adapter is connected to one end, and the terminator to the opposite end. The LVD Converter is connected next to the terminator, and the HDD is plugged in to it. Power is supplied and the drive spins up fine.

I have the following jumper settings available on the LVD Converter (apart from the device ID's):

LED
SYN
DLY
MTP

I've been racking my brains and searching through docs, but nothing seems to give the answer I need. Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

Mark.

PS - I know I'm trying to hack this drive in, but hey - it only cost me £29 brand new ;)

Have you set SCSI termination on the drive?

If not, then that's your problem.

Thanks for that. Yes - that was the last thing I checked before giving up and coming to the forum ;). About an hour ago I managed to fix the problem.

Basically, my SCSI host controller had already detected the drive, and Windows 2000 Device Manager could 'see' it just fine. I did a low-level format on the drive using the tools available through the SCSI BIOS, but this did not allow me to 'use' the drive, even though the system knew it was there.

In the end, I carried on delving through the Seagate site and found a utility called DiskWizard. Luckily for me, it did exactly what it says on the tin! It allowed me to create an NTFS partition and assign a drive letter. From this point the drive was available to the system.

Happy days....

Thanks for the help :D