Adaptec 39160 User Reference - Page 19

Using the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and SCSI Devices Combining SCSI and Non-SCSI Devices You can install the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 in a computer that already has a non-SCSI controller, such as an EIDE controller. However, you cannot cross-connect the disk drives and other devices: SCSI devices must be connected to the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160, EIDE devices must be connected to the EIDE controller, and so on. When you install the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 and SCSI disk drives in a computer that boots from a non-SCSI disk drive, the computer will continue to boot from the non-SCSI disk drive unless you change the computer's CMOS configuration. You do not need to change the configuration if you just want to use the SCSI drives for additional file storage space. If your computer's motherboard BIOS supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) feature, you can select a different boot device without much difficulty. (To determine if the motherboard BIOS supports BBS, read the computer documentation or contact your motherboard manufacturer.) The following table shows what to do, after you physically install the SCSI card and SCSI devices, to use different kinds of disk drives in the same computer: Does computer BIOS Want computer to boot support BBS? from SCSI drive? Then do this: No No No action required. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. No Yes Run CMOS Setup program. Change primary Hard Disk set- ting to None or No Drives Installed (see computer docu- mentation). You will not be able to use the non-SCSI drive(s) at all when you boot from the SCSI drive. Yes No No action required. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. Yes Yes Run CMOS Setup program and select SCSI drive as boot device. SCSI drives and non-SCSI drives can be used together. 13