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Phoenix32 · 02-02-2007, 03:20 AM

Okay, David and jrmccracken,

I think you two somehow got on different pages here (either that or I need to take more of my meds). Let me see if I can help you both out here and get you on the same page.

David,

He does not have a 705 (4100), he has a 701 (2000). This is why his unit is doing LBA48bit based on his logs (and seeing the 250 Gb drives).

Some 2000 units (the SDRAM type units) used the same main board as the early 4000, but the 2000 BIOS/CMOS was marked as a 2000 and the unit was set up for 2 drives. This is why the 4 drive questions he asked that I think got you confused, and even got you thinking it was a 4100 with someone swapping in a 4000 board. In theory, you can use some of the 2000 main boards as replacements for a 4000 (not all of them, just the SDRAM revision) and just change a couple settings in the BIOS/CMOS.

Based on what he has posted here, it is pretty fair to presume he has one of the 2000 units with the early 4000 main board. Now, being that it was a dell 701 OEM unit, when he made the BIOS/CMOS change to make it a SNAP, it did not know any different and is letting him see the missing drives 1 and 3 and probably why Adaptec in their infinite wisdom as seeing the numbers as a 4000.

So, David, don't get excited, you are not looking at a 705/4100 that can do LBA48bit, the holy grail of SNAP 4100's. Sorry... You are looking at a 710/4000 that can do LBA48bit, which is nothing new.

Now jrmccracken,

If you read what I just typed to David (blue68f100), then you now know why he was asking what he was asking and saying what he was saying. He thought you had a 705/4100 and somehow by miricle was able to do LBA48bit.

It appears your 701 is of the SNAP 2000 type that had the SNAP 4000 main board in it. It also appears that by changing it from a Dell to a SNAP, it thinks it is a 4000, not a 2000. While your case can only hold 2 drives, if you wanted to do some mods and make your own case or whatever, yes you can put 2 drives each on the 2 IDE channels you have as Master/Slave, and use this as a 4 drive SNAP 4000 unit (David, I said Master/Slave because those were the real early -01 main boards). Keep in mind though, as you already pointed out, you are going to have to change up the power supply. The 4000 power supply is weak, but there is no way a 701/2000 power supply is going to handle 4 large hard disks.

Okay, did I clear that all up now I hope? Or did I just tell everyone I need to be institutionalized?

Wait, shut up Sam, I don't want an answer.

02-02-2007, 03:20 AM	#435
Phoenix32 Thermophile Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yakima, WA Posts: 1,282	Re: Snap OS 3.4.805, anyone? Okay, David and jrmccracken, I think you two somehow got on different pages here (either that or I need to take more of my meds). Let me see if I can help you both out here and get you on the same page. David, He does not have a 705 (4100), he has a 701 (2000). This is why his unit is doing LBA48bit based on his logs (and seeing the 250 Gb drives). Some 2000 units (the SDRAM type units) used the same main board as the early 4000, but the 2000 BIOS/CMOS was marked as a 2000 and the unit was set up for 2 drives. This is why the 4 drive questions he asked that I think got you confused, and even got you thinking it was a 4100 with someone swapping in a 4000 board. In theory, you can use some of the 2000 main boards as replacements for a 4000 (not all of them, just the SDRAM revision) and just change a couple settings in the BIOS/CMOS. Based on what he has posted here, it is pretty fair to presume he has one of the 2000 units with the early 4000 main board. Now, being that it was a dell 701 OEM unit, when he made the BIOS/CMOS change to make it a SNAP, it did not know any different and is letting him see the missing drives 1 and 3 and probably why Adaptec in their infinite wisdom as seeing the numbers as a 4000. So, David, don't get excited, you are not looking at a 705/4100 that can do LBA48bit, the holy grail of SNAP 4100's. Sorry... You are looking at a 710/4000 that can do LBA48bit, which is nothing new. Now jrmccracken, If you read what I just typed to David (blue68f100), then you now know why he was asking what he was asking and saying what he was saying. He thought you had a 705/4100 and somehow by miricle was able to do LBA48bit. It appears your 701 is of the SNAP 2000 type that had the SNAP 4000 main board in it. It also appears that by changing it from a Dell to a SNAP, it thinks it is a 4000, not a 2000. While your case can only hold 2 drives, if you wanted to do some mods and make your own case or whatever, yes you can put 2 drives each on the 2 IDE channels you have as Master/Slave, and use this as a 4 drive SNAP 4000 unit (David, I said Master/Slave because those were the real early -01 main boards). Keep in mind though, as you already pointed out, you are going to have to change up the power supply. The 4000 power supply is weak, but there is no way a 701/2000 power supply is going to handle 4 large hard disks. Okay, did I clear that all up now I hope? Or did I just tell everyone I need to be institutionalized? Wait, shut up Sam, I don't want an answer.