Adaptec 39106 User Manual

You can install the Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 in a computer that 
already has a non-SCSI controller, such as an EIDE controller. How-
ever, 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 Spec-
ification (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 mother-
board 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:

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.