[Phoenix32]

Matt,

WARNING-ALERT

As usual, just like with the recent 4500 power switch questions, and like so many many times before here on the forum, Bitors answers are half baked and not thought through very well.


I worked with Bitor (read: helped him) on this a little bit in email when I first started this project. As usual, he was working me for information to further himself on the forum and with others. He did not get all the required information, but I did point him in the right direction. He may have developed it into usefullness, but I seriously doubt it. He simply does not have the electronic training, as been proven over and over here on the forum.

Bitor used/uses a Snap 14000 for his adaption. This is a very significantly different setup than a Snap 4400, 4200, 4500, and 15000. What works there will most likely not work in the other. Understand?

His own statements about how it works with GOS as well as this and that OS are the proof in a round about way. Works with GOS. So what? This is not about the OS, it is about the hardware! Duh...

Most PATA to SATA Adapters out there do work for converting PATA to SATA. Of course they do, that is what they are designed, made, and sold for. And guess what? Most of them work with pretty much any OS, including GOS. The catch is going to be in what hardware application.

1. Will it fit in the desired location?
2. Will it work in RAID arrays?
3. Will there be timing issues?
4. Will there be load issues (being used 24/7 or under long term use)?
5. Etc, Etc, Etc... This list could get very very long.

The bottom line here is simple. Will it work in a Snap 4400, 4200, 4500, and 15000? Since this is the title of the message thread, what works for those particular hardware arrangements is the question. Not other snap units or other hardware configurations.

What Bitor calls meglomania, I call attention to detail. I will debate back and forth on things I have first hand knowledge on, but I take engineering very seriously. Thus, Bitor or anyone else can see this as an attack on Bitor or whatever else, and I don't really care, but what it really is for is to correct the record on an engineering discussion, which is far out of Bitor's league.

If you dont want to take my word for it, ask the moderators of this forum what they think. I am very confident they will agree with me on thi issue. Hell, ask blue68f100 (also a moderator), he has an engineering background. See what he thinks. But considering he ordered 3 sets of adapers from me, that should tell you already.