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| 75013 | 2002-08-30 06:47:00 | Evening all, I purchased a new HD today - a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80 gig, 7200 rpm model ST380021A. In the installation manual, it states that it is an Ultra ATA 100, but my MB (PC Chips M741lmrt) manual only mentions support for UltraDMA 33/66 modes. The drive manual also says I need an 80-conductor 40 pin cable to run UltraDMA mode 3. I thought I was fairly up to scratch with geek-speak but this is all pretty much a foreign language to me. I bought the drive and the 'puter from the same place and am assurred by the oriental owner that it will all fit and work on the existing cables. Is this kosher? Problem 2: I want to use the new drive as primary master. I have an internal zip drive, a CD re-writer, a CD reader and would like to retain the old HD. I figure my best option is to remove the CD reader as I use the zip drive for work stuff, but what order do I connect it all up in? I've had strife with this B4 and it caused major problems with burning CDs. I was intending putting new drive and zip on IDE1 and CD writer (master) and old drive (slave) on IDE2 - is this okay? Regards, Ray A. |
andy (473) | ||
| 75014 | 2002-08-30 06:54:00 | Which drive are you going to boot from? ATA100 needs a motherboard capable of supporting it, yours doesnt by the sounds, so it will be quite happy at ATA 66. If you tried to use it on an ATA 100 capable m/b then you would need the 80 way cable. I would suggest your boot HDD(0) on IDE 0 Master, CDRW on IDE 0 Slave, HDD(1) on IDE 1 Master and Zip on IDE 1 Slave? Tweak'e or someone will have a better comment perhaps... |
godfather (25) | ||
| 75015 | 2002-08-30 07:00:00 | the ata100 drive will run fine on ata66 but you will need the 80wire cable. check you may already have it installed. heres a thought.....replace old drive with new one (which will be on primary master) leave others plugged in as is and unplug cd or zip when you require to use 2nd hardrive (for backups etc) otherwise best bet is to takeout cd rom and set up old harddrive the same as cd rom was. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 75016 | 2002-08-30 07:03:00 | Thanx Godfather, I am definitely booting from the new drive. A new MB is a way down the track I'm afraid. My main worry was that the new drive would be backwardly compatable and in fact work as an ATA 66. |
andy (473) | ||
| 75017 | 2002-08-30 07:09:00 | Thanx Tweak-e, Could I use a couple of drive caddies to interchange the second drive and the zip drive? This might be a useful option and the caddies are fairly cheap. |
andy (473) | ||
| 75018 | 2002-08-30 15:07:00 | Hi Andy. Not an answer, just a comment. I bought a Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80 gig, 7200 rpm model ST380021A about three months ago. What do I think of it? :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Oh, and :) I've had really good experiences with Seagate, Maxtor adn Quantum but I'm dead keen on Seagate because of the level of their support. If you haven't already done this, go to the Seagate site and check out ST380021A. Grab some of the tools. Read the info. Compare it with Brand X. Congratulate yourself on your perspicaciousness. Well done. Warm fuzzies. My Quantum and Maxtor drives do what they're told, but the Seagates spinneth consistantly, persistantly, relentlessly, unerringly, accurately, tirelessly, faultlessly, for ever and ever (Oh Christ please yes) for ever and ever. Cheers, Alan |
Alan Carpenter (540) | ||
| 75019 | 2002-08-30 15:35:00 | the majority of HDDs i have dealt with are seagate.. and i have dealt with 2 failures, a 30 gig seagate full of mp3's :_|, and a 2.something gig something other than seagate, which was the first HD i ever bought..... i only buy seagates now.. |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
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