Hard disk controller, known as the adapter of hard disk driver, is the interface device between computers and hard disk driver. Hard disk controller is used to receive and interpret the computer order, and then send various control signals to hard disk adapter. Also, it detects the hard disk driver status. This matrix contains a list of the latest versions of Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and Solid State Drive (SSD) firmware for various vendors whose HDDs/SSDs are used in the IBM® System Storage™ N series storage systems.
On Feb 15, 1:26 pm, Bruce Morgen <edi...@juno.com> wrote:> >http://ask.adaptec.com/scripts/adaptec_tic.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_ad...
> theharper1 <the_har...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Feb 15, 3:38 am, Bruce Morgen <edi...@juno.com> wrote:
> >> Agreed -- just find where Windoze7 keeps its .inf files (assuming that convention hasn't been changed) and do some
> >> snooping to see what's already supported, then of course there's the Adaptec website, which has been very good over
> >> the years at keeping up with M$.
>
>
> >The link above lists which Adaptec SCSI cards have drivers included
> >with Windows 7. I've been offered a 29160 which is supported but it's
> >a PCI-X card (not PCI) which I doubt will work on the motherboard, and
> >the default connector is 68 pin not 50. I might try a computer fair
> >and see if I can pick up a second hand PCI card. A 2940AU would be
> >ideal.
>
> >Thanks again for the suggestions!
>
> No problem, glad to assist
> -- I'm pretty sure the
> spare Adaptec card I have
> (somewhere) is a 2940 of
> one ilk or another, and as
> I previously noted they're
> very cheap via eBay:
>
Tekram Hard Disk Controller Driver
> <http://computers.shop.ebay.com/Computers-Networking-/58058/i.html?_nk...>Tekram Hard Disk Controller Drivers
Thanks but the problem is that I'm in Australia, so the postage
becomes more than the card! ;)