here's a fairly simple techy question for y'all

sexybomber

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Thu Jul-24-03 04:52 PM
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here's a fairly simple techy question for y'all

I bought a SCSI hard drive on Ebay just now, thinking I would put it in my school computer. However, I cracked open the case, only to find that the computer has IDE cables inside.

Will a SCSI drive get along with an IDE cable, or should I have looked in the box before buying the drive?

(Actually, scratch that, of course I should have looked in the box. Just please tell me that other part is a "yes" answer too!)

I really hope I didn't waste my money :mad:

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XanaDUer

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Thu Jul-24-03 04:54 PM
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1. You need a scsi card

Usually you cannot run them on the same computer.

Yes, you should have looked in the box, but it happens. IT will work great on an older Mac!

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sexybomber

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Thu Jul-24-03 04:55 PM
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2. great.

I guess my only hope now is to sell it for more than I paid for it...

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Eat_The_Rich

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Thu Jul-24-03 04:55 PM
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3. SCSI

You can add a SCSI card to your motherboard. It will require some other mods as well. I think you might have to add a third party BIOS to the system. Not sure how expensive it is since I have not purchased one.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Thu Jul-24-03 05:43 PM
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4. Not necessarily

I had a SCSI drive in my computer (a JAZ drive), and only had to add a SCSI card to the system, which card also worked with my external SCSI drive (for both another JAZ drive, and a regular hard drive, not using them at the same time, of course).

Might be good to go with just the addition of a SCSI card, adn run the cable from the card to the new drive.

Though, if it were me, I'd sell it or trade it or otherwise get rid of it, and just get another IDE drive.

I don't think SCSI is gonna be around for non-Macs much longer.

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