Harddrives
Posted by: garyi on 01 February 2004
Guys I think I need a serial ATA harddrive.
Could anyone direct me to a website for purchasing harddrives, it would be an internal one for my mac.
I checked out dabs and they seem a little steep to say the least. I have found plenty of other sites but don't know wnything about them.
Cheers
Could anyone direct me to a website for purchasing harddrives, it would be an internal one for my mac.
I checked out dabs and they seem a little steep to say the least. I have found plenty of other sites but don't know wnything about them.
Cheers
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Derek Wright
Gary
Not definitive list but check out:
Simply Computers
http://www.simply.co.uk/
Novatek
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/home.html
Be aware of the comments made in the Padded cell about Maxtor drives.
I use Hitachi drives - so far so good.
I have used both the above companies for buying computer stuff and have been satisfied with their service.
Derek
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[This message was edited by Derek Wright on SUNDAY 01 February 2004 at 17:07.]
Not definitive list but check out:
Simply Computers
http://www.simply.co.uk/
Novatek
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/home.html
Be aware of the comments made in the Padded cell about Maxtor drives.
I use Hitachi drives - so far so good.
I have used both the above companies for buying computer stuff and have been satisfied with their service.
Derek
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[This message was edited by Derek Wright on SUNDAY 01 February 2004 at 17:07.]
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Tim Danaher
Gary --
Don't you have a G4? IIRC, serial ATA controllers were only introduced with the G5 series motherboards. You may need to clarify this before you buy.
Cheers,
Tim
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Don't you have a G4? IIRC, serial ATA controllers were only introduced with the G5 series motherboards. You may need to clarify this before you buy.
Cheers,
Tim
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Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Steve B
quote:
Be aware of the comments made in the Padded cell about Maxstor drives.
If you're referring to the thread that I think you are, I'd just like to point out that the 1st Maxtor drive I returned to the shop turned out to work ok in another PC. My current Maxtor drive still clicks occasionally but is still working. I guess I must have a dicky controller causing my particular problem.
Steve B
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by garyi
Hi tim, to be sure I havn't an idea what type of harddive I need.
I have the silver fronted 1 ghz model, it has the following informationo nthe current harddrive:
Capacity: 57.27 GB
Model: IBM-IC35L060AVV207-0
Revision: V2BKA63A
Serial Number: VNVBXXXXXXX
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No
And thats all I know, I'll check around the apple support site, but its always useless at specifics like this!
I have the silver fronted 1 ghz model, it has the following informationo nthe current harddrive:
Capacity: 57.27 GB
Model: IBM-IC35L060AVV207-0
Revision: V2BKA63A
Serial Number: VNVBXXXXXXX
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Protocol: ATA
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No
And thats all I know, I'll check around the apple support site, but its always useless at specifics like this!
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by garyi:
And thats all I know, I'll check around the apple support site, but its always useless at specifics like this!
That's because they don't expect anyone that buys a Mac to know anything about computers...
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by garyi
Well its a fair point, I just want to do things on my mac, how that happens is not my concern, and never has been ;-)
I have found its a Ultra ATA harddrive, i'll just get another one of them, I have space for four harddrives but two bays are smaller than the other two, very odd.
I have found its a Ultra ATA harddrive, i'll just get another one of them, I have space for four harddrives but two bays are smaller than the other two, very odd.
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Derek Wright
Gary
THe IBM hard drive business was sold to Hitachi so look on the Hitachi web site for specific model details Hitachis Storage site
Derek
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THe IBM hard drive business was sold to Hitachi so look on the Hitachi web site for specific model details Hitachis Storage site
Derek
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Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Mike Sae
Be aware of the ear shredding high pitched whine most HDDs make. Please consider Seagate, who are leaders in quiet drives.
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Steve B
Ear shredding high pitch whine?
I wasn't aware of this. Could it explain why my right ear often rings?
Steve B
I wasn't aware of this. Could it explain why my right ear often rings?
Steve B
Posted on: 01 February 2004 by Jo Sharp
IBM drives have had a bad failure rate in recent months.
SATA is not a great deal faster than ATA and if your MoBo does not already have a SATA connector, you will need adapters (for data and power).
Jo
SATA is not a great deal faster than ATA and if your MoBo does not already have a SATA connector, you will need adapters (for data and power).
Jo
Posted on: 02 February 2004 by Derek Wright
Jo
Please point me to the stats on IBM drives - I have three of them at the moment
where they SCSI or ATA
Derek
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Please point me to the stats on IBM drives - I have three of them at the moment
where they SCSI or ATA
Derek
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Posted on: 02 February 2004 by Jo Sharp
Derek,
It was the IBM Deskstar (60 GXP and 75 GXP) series that had the problems. Mine died after 14 months of use. IBM replaced free of charge.
There was quite a lot on the web about this last year - this thread on AMD MB forum is typical:
Disk Crash
Jo
It was the IBM Deskstar (60 GXP and 75 GXP) series that had the problems. Mine died after 14 months of use. IBM replaced free of charge.
There was quite a lot on the web about this last year - this thread on AMD MB forum is typical:
Disk Crash
Jo
Posted on: 02 February 2004 by Mike Sae
Steve, you never know....
HDD whine bothered me to no end- I'd often get headaches from it.
Do you feel relief when you turn your computer off? If so, perhaps your computer's too loud. All those fans and drives create a serious racket.
It's a serious issue- check out www.silentpcreview.com
HDD whine bothered me to no end- I'd often get headaches from it.
Do you feel relief when you turn your computer off? If so, perhaps your computer's too loud. All those fans and drives create a serious racket.
It's a serious issue- check out www.silentpcreview.com
Posted on: 03 February 2004 by Derek Wright
Jo
Thanks for the pointer - fortunately I am not using that specific range of drives - so touch wood .....
Derek
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Thanks for the pointer - fortunately I am not using that specific range of drives - so touch wood .....
Derek
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