Got My New Hard Drive

[gungrave]

i got my new hard drive on friday :D but the wire came 3 days late but thats not a problem just to let u know it all works fine :)

[gungrave]

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[lynx]

The disk should not be visible externally.

Are there any alternative mounting holes which would allow the disk to be set back enough to leave the external cover in place?

[SingaBoiy]

How much did you pay for it?

[clocker]

Originally posted by lynx@9 March 2004 - 05:22
The disk should not be visible externally.


Oh, I don't know.
That bar code sticker is awfully attractive...

[SingaBoiy]

I hate HP <_<

[gungrave]

Originally posted by SingaBoiy@9 March 2004 - 13:26
How much did you pay for it?
about £60 with the wire and post thing.
HP r all right.
im goin to get a thing to put on the power for it so it can move back more and then i can put the old cover over it.
y cant it be shown like that? what happends?

[SingaBoiy]

Your hdd should be fine where its at, i think he was just saying that it doesnt look as good as it would if it were covered.

[gungrave]

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im sure if i put the cover up then it will be ok wont it?

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[gungrave]

Originally posted by SingaBoiy@9 March 2004 - 15:22
Your hdd should be fine where its at, i think he was just saying that it doesnt look as good as it would if it were covered.
i have a thing i can put over it, when i get a power exstender thing i can put it on :)

[SingaBoiy]

It&#39;ll be perfectly fine.
Im gonna go steal a stick of 512 from the pc in the other room :ph34r: It&#39;ll add alot more to my 256 :lol:

[gungrave]

Originally posted by SingaBoiy@9 March 2004 - 15:25
It&#39;ll be perfectly fine.
Im gonna go steal a stick of 512 from the pc in the other room :ph34r: It&#39;ll add alot more to my 256 :lol:
lol kk

[clocker]

Originally posted by SingaBoiy@9 March 2004 - 07:25
It&#39;ll be perfectly fine.
Im gonna go steal a stick of 512 from the pc in the other room :ph34r: It&#39;ll add alot more to my 256 :lol:
Indeed.
To be precise, it will add 512 more.

[SingaBoiy]

Originally posted by clocker+9 March 2004 - 06:44--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 9 March 2004 - 06:44)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SingaBoiy@9 March 2004 - 07:25
It&#39;ll be perfectly fine.
Im gonna go steal a stick of 512 from the pc in the other room :ph34r: It&#39;ll add alot more to my 256 :lol:
Indeed.
To be precise, it will add 512 more. [/b][/quote]
LOL i was saying it will add alot more to my 256 already installed. Put my system to crappy for it so i added a 256 and took out 1 128 for a total of 384 ;)

[lynx]

I&#39;m surprised no one else has spotted this.

You&#39;ve got the wrong sort of interface cable. The one you&#39;ve got is a 40-pin 40-wire cable which does not support Ultra Ata 66 and above. You should have got a 40-pin 80-wire cable which does support Ultra Ata 66 and better. It means you will be limited to a maximum of 33MB/s transfer rates as opposed to 100MB/s or even 133MB/s.

Also, if you fitted the disk the other way up you should be able to fasten it in with proper mounting screws. Or it the problem that your power lead doesn&#39;t reach?

I only mentioned about moving it back simply for looks and to avoid accidental knocks and spills directly affecting the disk.

[tesco]

Originally posted by lynx@9 March 2004 - 16:11
I&#39;m surprised no one else has spotted this.

You&#39;ve got the wrong sort of interface cable. The one you&#39;ve got is a 40-pin 40-wire cable which does not support Ultra Ata 66 and above. You should have got a 40-pin 80-wire cable which does support Ultra Ata 66 and better. It means you will be limited to a maximum of 33MB/s transfer rates as opposed to 100MB/s or even 133MB/s.

Also, if you fitted the disk the other way up you should be able to fasten it in with proper mounting screws. Or it the problem that your power lead doesn&#39;t reach?

I only mentioned about moving it back simply for looks and to avoid accidental knocks and spills directly affecting the disk.
those cables dont look any different than the ones I use...does that mean im using 40 pin wires too?

[Triadcool]

Yea I have the same cables to? :huh:

[gungrave]

i got a new wire for it from firstec (www.firstec.co.uk) shop in ma town.
the power lead didnt read so i had to do that. will it damage the drive with it been up side down. since when i got my pc the hard drive is on its side.

EDIT: when i was in stalling the hard drive i ripped the wire but i got a new one.
how did u know what wire i had nd stuff?

[lynx]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+9 March 2004 - 21:15--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 9 March 2004 - 21:15)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> those cables dont look any different than the ones I use...does that mean im using 40 pin wires too? [/b]
Dunno, count them.

Originally posted by Triadcool@9 March 2004 - 23:05
&nbsp; Yea I have the same cables to?
Count them.
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i got a new wire for it from firstec (www.firstec.co.uk) shop in ma town.
the power lead didnt read so i had to do that. will it damage the drive with it been up side down. since when i got my pc the hard drive is on its side.

EDIT: when i was in stalling the hard drive i ripped the wire but i got a new one.
how did u know what wire i had nd stuff?[/quote]
It won&#39;t damage the drive, but the other way up it will probably line up with the screw holes.

You posted a picture, it looked like a 40-wire cable so I counted them. :rolleyes:
I was in Stockport yesterday, I could have popped over to Wilmslow and sorted it out for you if I&#39;d known. :lol:

[gungrave]

Originally posted by lynx+10 March 2004 - 18:48--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (lynx @ 10 March 2004 - 18:48)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@9 March 2004 - 21:15
those cables dont look any different than the ones I use...does that mean im using 40 pin wires too?
Dunno, count them.

Originally posted by Triadcool@9 March 2004 - 23:05
&nbsp; Yea I have the same cables to?
Count them.
<!--QuoteBegin-gungrave@10 March 2004 - 11:25
i got a new wire for it from firstec (www.firstec.co.uk) shop in ma town.
the power lead didnt read so i had to do that. will it damage the drive with it been up side down. since when i got my pc the hard drive is on its side.

EDIT: when i was in stalling the hard drive i ripped the wire but i got a new one.
how did u know what wire i had nd stuff?
It won&#39;t damage the drive, but the other way up it will probably line up with the screw holes.

You posted a picture, it looked like a 40-wire cable so I counted them. :rolleyes:
I was in Stockport yesterday, I could have popped over to Wilmslow and sorted it out for you if I&#39;d known. :lol: [/b][/quote]
where about u live stockport?

[Triadcool]

Haha I counted up to 40 and I still wasnt halfway done so I know I have way more than 40.

[lynx]

Originally posted by gungrave@10 March 2004 - 22:12
where about u live stockport?
I don&#39;t live in Stockport now, but I used to when I was a teenager. I left there more years ago than I care to think about, but I&#39;m now back in God&#39;s own country where I was born. :lol:

I was just driving through, seeing what the area is like now. Although many things have changed, it&#39;s amazing how much is still exactly the same as it was all those years ago.

But I&#39;ve done work in Wilmslow quite a few times so I knew exactly where the map from firstec was, even though there are no place names.