Emax

That IDE /SCSI bridge adapter is known not to work.
As posted here on this group in the past- an ACARD 7220U is known to  
work.

DMA mode IDE to CF converter should work, but not PIO mode.

Also- some IDE to CF do not support boot. I cannot say about this  
model for that purpose.

I cannot see the red stripe on the SCSI, but assuming it is to the  
rear of the unit, it would be correct.

Regards,
Ted



On Jun 20, 2010, at 6:23 PM, tstimac02 wrote:

I just can't get this thing working.

I bought one of these SCSI->IDE converters:

http://tinyurl.com/2udnh9m

And a standard internal CF card reader (IDE). You can see them on the  
pic here:

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3707/32571720.jpg

Connected everything. When i go to Format, it says Formating Disk for  
about 5 seconds, then it says writing a bank (or something) and hangs  
that way forever. In fact it does that even when nothing is connected  
to SCSI.

You can see here that scsi cable is normally connected:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4458/79206736.jpg

Difficult to see on pic, but red stripe is on the left side of the  
cable (which means connected properly).

I've became suspicious about this IDE card reader. I put it in the PC  
but couldn't have BIOS recognize it properly. Maybe that's the problem?

Thanks for any input!!






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