U320 SCSI drive in normal system?

[ThePriestMike]

So i have a few U320 SCSI drives from some older HP servers and I am wondering if my thinking/plans are going to be doable to run these in a std PC.

Being that the drives have no power connector on the back of them I have to assume they draw the power from the drive controller/backplane.

So if I were to run a PCI or PCI-E controller car that then has a cable coming out of it that plugs into the back of the drive is that all that I really need to power it up and run it? all of the power draw for the drive comes off that card and SCSI cable?

 

[Blue Fox]

You can get a adapter that converts it from 80 pin to 68 pin with power since the controller doesn't provide power (unlike a backplane). They're $5 shipped on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390003526324

 

[naro]

You can get a adapter that converts it from 80 pin to 68 pin with power since the controller doesn't provide power (unlike a backplane). They're $5 shipped on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390003526324

Yup. And do note that you should get those U320 compatible adapters.

 

[MixManSC]

Some of those adapters already linked, an U320 controller, and a quality SCSI cable and you will be set.