I don't know about these things like most, but from what I have heard and all, SCSI's and ATA drives should (for the most part) co-exist with no problems. <shrug> If Dell says there are issues, then I would surmise that Dell is the problem. Isn't it true that there's a LOT of servers in the business world that utilizes both technologies together? On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:12:32 -0400, "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> took time to say the following: TM> Thanks Sorin. TM> TM> The latest from Dell is that "there are issues" with having both a SCSI and TM> an ATA drive in this system at the same time. At this point I can verify TM> that! I am currently trying to junk the SCSI and go to the ATA, but again TM> Dell is not supporting anything bigger than 250GB yet (this is a 400). TM> Grumble... My last hope before returning the new drive is to put a smaller TM> ATA as the boot drive and maybe I can bring in the big guy as a secondary. TM> TM> tim ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm