It was actually a Smart Array 2SL but still a little bit of ancient
history. I've just managed to get it working in a generic tower albeit
with a little help from a Proliant 5500.

I couldn't install Windows to run ACU because the install 'got lost'
during hardware detection and never came back (something to do with
the array not being configured). So I pulled the 2SL and put it in a
5500 and ran ACU.

Pulled it all back out and put it back into the tower and it works
fine after a tweak of the BIOS to stop it trying to boot off of the
network card. It's installing a copy of XP as we speak and it picked
up the array without a hitch this time.

Despite being an ancient card, I think it'll do a better job with the
9Gb 10K drive than the pair of old Seagate 1.2Gb IDE drives that were
in there...

Out of interest, will a 64bit Smart Array (a la 431) work in a 32bit
slot albeit with less bandwidth?

Regards,
Jason.


On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:52:09 -0500, "Nut Cracker"
wrote:

man ... that thing is OLD ... only Wide SCSI speeds (20MB/s) .... 4MB Cache
standard. You can upgrade the cache using a 16MB module from a 2DH, or a
64MB module from an AS3200 / RA4x00.

I dont know if you will be able to run the ACU on a non-cpq machine. I know
you cannot boot from the smartstart CD, as it will bark about the machine
not being a supported system. Running the ACU from floppies may be a
different matter.

I predict your result will be unfavourable, but give it a try. It just
*might* work.

- lc

"Jason Arthurs" wrote in message
.. .
I have a spare barebones PC, a spare 9.1Gb SCSI drive and a spare
Smart Array 2P PCI card.

Will this card run in a non-Compaq PC?

I've already installed it, and it complained on boot that the PCI bus
doesn't support ECC. Next step is to try and run the array
configuration utility!

Regards,
Jason.

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