[rescue] swap 36 gb SCA drive for 72 gb SCA?

[Peter Stokes]

Another possibility is the Alpha running a narrow interface?

Peter

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> On 12 Dec 2019, at 21:37, JP Hindin <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2019, William Barnett-Lewis wrote:
>> So I found an inexpensive 72 gb SCA drive on Eprey and thought that
>> would be a cheap way to boost my storage. SCA LVD, SE, etc. But the
>> Alphastation refuses to see it. It sees my 18 gb just fine but nothing
>> I do can get the 72 to show up. The firmware is the most recent
>> version that was made for this machine and I fear that it is the
>> problem.
>>
>> I don't know if a 36 would show up or not and don't really want to
>> spend money on another throw of the Eprey dice.
>>
>> Thoughts hints tips?
>
> Just throwing it out there,
>
> Is it possible the drive needs to be jumpered to force Single Ended for the
Alphastation controller? I don't know about the Alphastations to know if
they're commonly LVD capable or not, but...
>
> For what it's worth. Best of luck!
>
> - JP
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