Ready To Pay If Someone Can Get This Cheetah 15K Working on Adaptec 29160

[jimmy]

ISSUE PARTIALLY RESOLVED: BAD ADAPTEC CABLE

To my luck, Gigabyte 8A-KNXP Ultra arrived which
includes Ultra320 cable.

Both Ultra320 Cheetahs work now with 29160 when using
the Ultra320 cable from Gigabyte board (BIOS scan
posts 160 mbps for ID0 and ID1).

However, Ultra160 Cheetah does still not work in any
mode except SE even with the new cable. I will assume
this drive is faulty as well.

Is this luck or what? What are the chances of getting
*partially-broken* Ultra160 cable and Ultra160 hard
drive?

Thanks for Justin Gibbs for properly diagnosing the
problem. He deservedly gets the reward.

J.


--- jimmy <x55k at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is not *nix related but I am at my wit's end.
> Thought someone might want to make few bucks before
> I
> bang both the drive and the controller on the wall.
> 
> Seagate Cheetah 15K Ultra160 ST336752LW works only
> when put in SE mode on Adaptec 29160 (diagnostic
> scan
> shows 20.0 mpbs). 
> 
> Adaptec BIOS does not see the drive any other way. I
> have tried all available IDs/combinations/PCI
> slots/jumpers etc to no benefit. Damn thing does not
> work on LVD mode. Adaptec 29160 is a retail kit and
> comes with its own 68-pin LVD cable with a
> terminator
> at its end.
> 
> I tried 2 motherboards (Intel 850GB and Gigabyte
> 8I-HXP) both 32-bit PCI slots -- no difference.
> 
> Now, to further complicate things, I also have 2
> Seagate Cheetah 15K.3 Ultra320 drives (ST336753LW).
> These drives do not work even with SE jumper on when
> installed one at a time. However, when installed
> together, they sometimes work, sometimes don't. For
> example, system powered off for 10 minutes. I power
> on, ID0 shows 40.0 mbps, ID1 shows 80.0 mpbs. Few
> reboots and ID1 disappears altogether.
> 
> Adaptec 29160 BIOS v3.10.0
> 
> I don't have any other SCSI card to test them.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue? 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your time and 50 bucks I will
> pay if the issue is resolved.
> 
> J.
> 

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