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Ted, my 7720u isn't letting me format still, I have contacted Acard, and when I plug in the card to my IDE slot to update the firmware....it wont recognize it with the app that i download from the site, I hooked up power to the card too and nada.......how did you update your firmware.

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> 
> 
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> On Jun 20, 2010, at 6:23 PM, tstimac02 wrote:
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> 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:
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> 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:
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> 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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