IOMAX IDE / SATA Adaptor / Convertor Setup

IOMAX IDE to SATA Convertor - Overview

If you are lloking for a way to use a SATA harddrive in an old computer thene the IOMAX SATA / IDE converter is a pretty good option.

IOMAX IDE to SATA Convertor - Hard Drive Jumper Settings

The setup instruction are OK but I ran in to a small probelm, involving the jumper setting ON MY HARD DRIVE not on the covertor.



Make sure the jumper setting on your SATA hard drive is set to 1.5 GBS Mode, as I think this is the maximum that the card supports. I tried to run setup a number of time (to install XP) and the drive was not recognised until I moved this jumper (small grey plastic bit shown in above picture).

IOMAX IDE to SATA Convertor - Overview




IOMAX IDE to SATA Convertor - InstructionsHere for your convenience are the instruction that come with the card.



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SCSI Noisey & Tricky

SCSI Noisey & Tricky

When I purchased my XW8000 from ebay a few months back I didn't know what SCSI was but now I do. . . for all the wrong resons.

I am no computer expert, but it would appear SCSI is a very industrial solution to storage, and is not suitable for home use PCs for a number of reasons.

Noise - Unbeleavable. Sounds like someone is shaking a tin of peanut in side your PC, a high speed drive (15,000 RPM) makes a h**l of a racket, and if you even when compared to fairly aged IDE drives, let alone a solid state drive.

Compatability - After initial trying windows XP SP3 and finding that the drive wasn't recognised, I tried slip streaming SCSI drivers from the hp website in to a windows CD. No joy, my floppy disk drive is defunct. SO what then.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003 both picked up the drive no probs, but I didn't have the correct licenses for those so didn't want to complete the install.

Verdict - I think SCSI has had its day, solid state is comparable in price, and with an IDE to SATA adaptor, you can easily use a soild state drive in place of a SCSI, and then move it to your new machine when the time comes.

Machine Used

HP XW8000 (Xw8200 has SATA so get that one)
4 GB RAM
2 x Xeon 3.2
LSI SCSI Controller

Other Storage Solutions tried

PCI (e) SATA card (promise 378) - works OK for storage but not OK for Boot
IDE - Absolutly fine, there is a spare IDE connect on the Mother Board

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