Quantum Viking II 4.5GB 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive 68-Pin Wide LVD 5400RPM

Quantum Viking II 4.5GB 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive 68-Pin Wide LVD 5400RPM

The Quantum Viking II is a 3.5-inch internal SCSI hard drive offering 4.5GB of storage capacity on a 68-pin Wide SCSI interface. Designed for high-performance workstations and servers of the mid-to-late 1990s, the Viking II series was widely used in professional computing environments requiring reliable SCSI storage. This drive supports both SCA and Wide (68-pin) connection modes via jumper configuration.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Quantum
• Series: Viking II — 3.5 Series
• Capacity: 4.5 GB
• Form Factor: 3.5-inch internal
• Interface: Wide SCSI, 68-pin
• Also supports SCA connection (per label jumper diagram)
• Power Requirements: 5V / 12V — 0.89A / 1.3A
• Part Number: 4.5L
• Country of Manufacture: Japan
• PCB features Fujitsu-marked controller ICs and flex cable assembly (visible on underside)

Applications

The Quantum Viking II was a popular SCSI hard drive in late-1990s workstations and rackmount servers, particularly in systems from Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, HP, and Compaq that used 68-pin Wide SCSI or SCA backplanes. SCSI drives of this generation were the standard for professional and mission-critical environments, valued for their consistent throughput and reliability compared to contemporary ATA/IDE drives. Today these drives are sought for maintaining and restoring legacy SCSI workstations, older NAS systems, and industrial equipment that requires a specific SCSI storage device to remain operational. The 68-pin Wide SCSI interface was common through the late 1990s and early 2000s before SAS and SATA displaced SCSI in most server applications.