Vendor Specific Hard Drives

[Ayman Altounji]

Hi,

I am adding some old drives to my PL2500 system. I checked the drive model number on the drives I have, (it's Seagate HST34371WC), and ordered 2 replacements from an online source. Now, I know that Compaq puts a special ROM image on the drives for monitoring. Can I put this rom image on my drives seeing as they are the same model #'s? If so, how? If not, what problems will I encounter using these drives?

BTW, This is a RAID system. I am using a SMART RAID Controller.

Thanks,
Mark