I agree with Peter. I have tried several types as well and no luck. Stick to PATA IDE hard disks - they are still plentiful :)
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I agree with Peter. I have tried several types as well and no luck. Stick to PATA IDE hard disks - they are still plentiful :)
Plentiful? I have been struggling to get a 500GB drive. The only 1 I can now find is the SV35 ones.
The Seagate SV35 says it is an "Ultra ATA 100" interface. Is this the same as PATA and will it work?
Link to details of drive below:
http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/data...v35_7200_2.pdf
Well, yes, PATA is a dying breed, but I guess it depends who your supplier is. I count several from www.cpl.net.au that are suitable. However I cannot see PATA completely dying off for a while yet as there is too much hardware out there (not including consumer PC and older TiVo) that rely on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrentonSpear
If you are really adventurous (or desperate) you *could* even use a PATA 2.5" laptop hard disk with appropriate adaptor plug.
In answer to your other question, UATA-100 is a Parallel ATA (PATA) interface and will work fine.
Brenton, your profile does not say where you are. But if your in Austalia try a search on staticice.com.au.
This is a search for 500gb IDE drives. You will find plenty of vendors.
Peter.
PS, You might want to update your profile with your City, State. It helps with support.
Thanks Peter.