Why are my IDE drives SCSI?

[Gary]

I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the
properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI.
I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in
location 1 primary slave
CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary slave.

Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI?
Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE?

thanks

Gary

 

[Sleepless in Seattle]

It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands
controlling the device.

 

[Guest]

IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard
disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of
hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa.

There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types.

A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an
IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have
seen increases in performance since their introduction.

SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple
PCs!

 

[David Vair]

That information is fine, but not revelant to the situation. If you hook an IDE hard drive to an
add-in controller such as a Promise card the drive will appear in the Device Manager as SCSI not
IDE, this is normal behavior (Why, I don't know but this is the way they appear). The origianl
posters motherboard may have an imbedded controller chipset that may do the same thing as I have
seen many motherboard with a promise chip on the board itself.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC)

IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard
disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of
hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa.

There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types.

A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an
IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have
seen increases in performance since their introduction.

SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple
PCs!

It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands
controlling the device.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

BTW: This is off topic! SCSI is much better than IDE. SCSI can handle
multiple commands to multiple drives at the same time. IDE must stop all
reads/writes if you are trying to access the second drive on the IDE channel
(Master or Slave drives).

 

[Sandman]

Right on, Mr. Vair, i had this very same unusual situation in XP when I
hooked my IDE to the connector..... It took me forever to get an
explanation. Nice to know there are knowledgeable people like yourself to
very simply explain this anomaly; it was an a7v Asus board I had awhile back
as I remember it...

That information is fine, but not revelant to the situation. If you hook an IDE hard drive to an
add-in controller such as a Promise card the drive will appear in the Device Manager as SCSI not
IDE, this is normal behavior (Why, I don't know but this is the way they appear). The origianl
posters motherboard may have an imbedded controller chipset that may do the same thing as I have
seen many motherboard with a promise chip on the board itself.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC)

IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of hard
disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type of
hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa.

There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types.

A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with an
IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards have
seen increases in performance since their introduction.

SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and Apple
PCs!

It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands
controlling the device.

--
Jonah
I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at
the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI.
I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in
location 1 primary slave
CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary
slave.

Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than SCSI?
Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE?

thanks

Gary

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look at the
properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI.
I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in
location 1 primary slave

This arises when a drive has an added extra driver file - such as the
cdfs one for CD drives, which normally show as SCSI. It is odd for a
plain hard drive though.

 

[Gary]

So, does that mean I haven't got a problem then?

That information is fine, but not revelant to the situation. If you hook
an IDE hard drive to an add-in controller such as a Promise card the drive
will appear in the Device Manager as SCSI not IDE, this is normal behavior
(Why, I don't know but this is the way they appear). The origianl posters
motherboard may have an imbedded controller chipset that may do the same
thing as I have seen many motherboard with a promise chip on the board
itself.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC)

IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. This refers to a type of
hard
disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of device.

SCSI stands for Small Computer Systems Interface. This refers to a type
of
hard disk drive and thus an interface [or connector] for that type of
device.

AN IDE device cannot connect to a SCSI interface and vice versa.

There is no way BIOS or Windows could confuse the two device types.

A SCSI disk drive typically has a faster data transfer rate compared with
an
IDE drive of the same time period. As with IDE [EIDE] both standards
have
seen increases in performance since their introduction.

SCSI disks are standard in most 'intel' Servers and RISC servers and
Apple
PCs!

It is NOT referring the physical interface BUT rather the commands
controlling the device.

--
Jonah
I have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives and all are IDE. But when I look
at
the properties of all 4 drives they all say SCSI.
I have the usual set up HD1 is in location 0 primary master HD2 is in
location 1 primary slave
CD1 is in location 0 secondary master CD2 is in location 1 secondary
slave.

Is this something I should worry about? I thought IDE is better than
SCSI?
Does anyone know how I can change them back to IDE?

thanks

Gary