SCSI to IDE

[GArrigotti]

Alright, our server went down and it has a SCSI Drive, but we don't have any of those laying around and we don't have the money in budget for it. So, decided to put an IDE Hard-Drive in there but "Hard-Drive" isn't being recgonized, any suggestions?

I thought I had the switches right and set to correct setting, plus- I thought it was the IDE Cable so I changed it but still nothing. Hard-Drive is spinning so I'm pretty sure it's working, got any suggestions?

[GArrigotti]

Extra-Detail:

It's a "Dell-Power Edge 1300" (Server), The new hard-drive is a "IBM Deskstar" which is a not working with this damn thing.

How annoying...

[nihil]

Hi, on bootup, go into setup and tell us what devices your system is recognising.

Are you sure that the MoBo supports IDE HDDs?.

I don't do SCSI much but I have an old server, there is this sort of blank-off device that you have to put at the end of the cable or it won't work.....................it is a veeeeeeeeeeeeeery old box though

Just a few thoughts...............

[GArrigotti]

This is an old box also, its recgonizing the ide cd-rom but not the hard-drive. Keeps saying that the hard drive isn't found.

[nihil]

Well, I just checked the parts list..................the hard drives are 18Gb or 36Gb................that is SCSI, so I guess that the MoBo will not support an IDE HDD. You better check that the HDD jumper is set to master and at the end of the cable (IDE). I would try it without the CD/DVD first.

Good luck.

http://www.impactcomputers.com/dellp...s-storage.html

[GArrigotti]

I got it to work-

[nihil]

By making the HDD the master on the IDE cable?