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SATA drive into SAS drive - can I change in Dell Precision system?
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We have a Dell precision, which we think has a hard drive problem (intermittent blue screens - even from safe mode, and it failed the Dell diagnostic on one of the hard drive tests once out of two runs)
I opened it up and noticed that although a SCSI drive, it actually had an adaptor that converts SATA connectors into a SCSI connector.
With that in mind, can I just plug a SATA drive into it and use that instead?
I just wonder though as I assume there is some kind of SCSI controller present, will it confuse the system if I plug in a SATA drive?
Thanks in advance.
We have a Dell precision, which we think has a hard drive problem (intermittent blue screens - even from safe mode, and it failed the Dell diagnostic on one of the hard drive tests once out of two runs)
I opened it up and noticed that although a SCSI drive, it actually had an adaptor that converts SATA connectors into a SCSI connector.
With that in mind, can I just plug a SATA drive into it and use that instead?
I just wonder though as I assume there is some kind of SCSI controller present, will it confuse the system if I plug in a SATA drive?
Thanks in advance.
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Dell Precision T5500.
And opening it up as I did before, I did notice the cabling looked shoddy with spare / loose cables all over the place.
I did believe this is a SAS, but the model number of the hard drive is:
MBA3300RC
Thanks for the prompt response.
And opening it up as I did before, I did notice the cabling looked shoddy with spare / loose cables all over the place.
I did believe this is a SAS, but the model number of the hard drive is:
MBA3300RC
Thanks for the prompt response.
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Hmmm, If only I could find it that cheap in the UK. Would be easier just to buy another.
As for the connection, when I opened up the precision it was connected by a cable, but I did not trace if that cable went back to the motherboard or a controller card of some kind. I just know there was a lot of cables, and one was marked SATA that was not connected. Maybe I will re-open and study. but hopefully there is some way of attaching a standard SATA drive, even if I have to by pass the controller card.
As for the connection, when I opened up the precision it was connected by a cable, but I did not trace if that cable went back to the motherboard or a controller card of some kind. I just know there was a lot of cables, and one was marked SATA that was not connected. Maybe I will re-open and study. but hopefully there is some way of attaching a standard SATA drive, even if I have to by pass the controller card.
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Thanks for the input
Remember that there is a big difference between SCSI and SAS ... even though SAS stands for Serial Attached SCSI, there is NO other similarities or compatibilities between the two.