SE/30 IDE DOM - SICK OF DROPPING DRIVES!!

#1 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 - 14:27

I love using my SE/30's but get so tired, of getting them setup exactly like I like them then dropping a drive a month later. Then going all over AGAIN setting them up.

What are my easiest options for going with a NEW IDE or SATA drive?

I also have some of these:

http://www.memorydepot.com/ssd_diskonmodule.asp

IDE versions, thought it would be a cool way to quiet them down too since most these Narrow SCSI drives make so much racket.

Thanks

#2 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 - 14:31

This would work right?

http://bit.ly/gjPcHb

But damn any better prices out there?!?

#3 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 - 22:50

Consider to have a look at our little wiki, like the entry about SCSI hard disk replacement options.

#4 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 - 07:05

Use a 68 pin drive

#5 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 - 07:32

If you're going to spend nearly $150 USD on an adapter, one of the best is an Acard 50 pin SCSI to 2.5" SATA adapter. It fits wonderfully, plus SATA SSDs are really easy to find. Since full height drives fit in the SE/30, another good option if a spinning disk drive is fine is the ARS 2000FU which mounts under an IDE drive and provides a 50 pin SCSI connection:

http://www.acard.com/english/fb01-product.jsp?idno_no=26&prod_no=ARS-2000FU&type1_title=SCSIDE%20Bridge&type1_idno=2

#6 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 - 08:39

I've got several of the Acard 68 pin SCSI-ide adapters. I lucked out and found them in some old Macs I salvaged a few years ago. They work well, too well. A 7200 rpm 40gb ide drive connected to an Adaptec 2940 card outperformed a 10,000 rpm 36gb Seagate Cheetah.

One thing is that they add almost half an inch to the height of the drive. Though I guess you could take the circuitboard off the adapter plate and mount it somewhere nearby. I've used them with 50 pin adapters without issue.