Home▸ Forums▸ How to tell the difference between 2.5 SCSI and IDE?▸ How to tell the difference between 2.5 SCSI and IDE? Thread How to tell the difference between 2.5 SCSI and IDE? How to tell the difference between 2.5 SCSI and IDE? Peripherals 2 posts Jun 1, 2008 — Jun 1, 2008 View original thread ↗ #1 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 - 03:42 They seem exactly the same... #2 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 - 06:34 If you look very closely at the connector pins, you'll notice that both have a missing one near the middle. However, the missing pins are on different rows. A SCSI drive has a missing pin nearest the chassis.
#2 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 - 06:34 If you look very closely at the connector pins, you'll notice that both have a missing one near the middle. However, the missing pins are on different rows. A SCSI drive has a missing pin nearest the chassis.