granroth@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu (02/27/90)
I have a user who wants to replace the DELL 90MB ESDI drive in his DELL sys 310 with a 320MB drive from CompuAdd. I cautioned him that I thought I had heard about problems putting non-DELL ESDI drives in machines with the DELL ESDI controller. I would appreciate hearing from people that have tried using 3rd party ESDI hard drives with the DELL ESDI controller. ThanksE6. -Larry Granroth@IowaSP.physics.UIowa.edu IOWASP::GRANROTH
stecz@hotwheel.dell.com (John Steczkowski) (02/27/90)
In article <50.25e98f40@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu>, granroth@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu writes: > I have a user who wants to replace the DELL 90MB ESDI drive in his > DELL sys 310 with a 320MB drive from CompuAdd. I cautioned him that > I thought I had heard about problems putting non-DELL ESDI drives > in machines with the DELL ESDI controller. I would appreciate hearing > from people that have tried using 3rd party ESDI hard drives with > the DELL ESDI controller. > > ThanksE6. > > -Larry Granroth@IowaSP.physics.UIowa.edu IOWASP::GRANROTH The only thing to watch out for is the WD1007A controller won't work with some of the newer drives, basically any 15ms drive won't work. The WD1007V won't have any problem with any ESDI drive. John Steczkowski Dell Unix Customer Support P#: (512) 343-3571 9505 Arboretum Blvd. !s: uunet!dell!hotwheel!stecz Austin, Texas 78759 @s: stecz@hotwheel.dell.com
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (02/28/90)
In article <50.25e98f40@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu> granroth@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu writes: | I have a user who wants to replace the DELL 90MB ESDI drive in his | DELL sys 310 with a 320MB drive from CompuAdd. I cautioned him that | I thought I had heard about problems putting non-DELL ESDI drives | in machines with the DELL ESDI controller. I would appreciate hearing | from people that have tried using 3rd party ESDI hard drives with | the DELL ESDI controller. Unless you have some unusual configuration there is no such thing as a Dell disk controller. All of ours, 310s and 325s, have WD1007s as far as I know. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc "Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon