Hard Drive Question

**Mad Cat** · 02-05-2004, 08:33 PM

Good choice

My Maxtor drive is a little on the noisy side, but my the 2 WD hdds I've had run silent.

By the way, Seagate is a good choise too.

**Marius24** · 02-05-2004, 08:35 PM

yea i was reading the reviews sayin that seagate is a better make and abit more pricier but i dont have much money

**Marius24** · 02-05-2004, 09:24 PM

ok so my dad is getting me the one posted by mad cat. When it arrives i have no idea how to install it. Are there any how to or tutorials on install new hard drives?

thanks

**ObiWan** · 02-05-2004, 11:49 PM

it is simple

you will have 2 connectors on the mobo with big grey ribbon cables
each ribbon cable will have 3 connectors - 1 for Mobo 2 for devices

primary cable

master device
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slave device
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primary on mobo

you will have one the exactly the same for the secondary cable

you can have 4 devices connected in total

standard setup:
Primary Master - HD1
Primary Slave - HD2 (only if 2 Hard drives, sometimes CD rom)
secondary master - CD Rom
secondary slave - CDRW

to connect just set the jumper on the HD to master or slave (it will be marked to let you know)
then connect the power cable and IDE cable

NOTE: it is important to set the jumpers on all devices and you should have 1 master per cable and 1 slave per cable (if you have 4 devices)

**Robert00000** · 02-06-2004, 03:55 AM

To put all that more simply

, just set the new drive to slave and connect it to the other connector on the cable thats connecting your current hard drive - assuming your the cable has another connector and its long enough to reach.

EDIT: or you have to buy another IDE cable.

**Robert00000** · 02-06-2004, 04:05 AM

Originally posted by Marius24@5 February 2004 - 20:10
how would you guys rate this?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=43153

Actually both my 120 gig drives are maxtor, one has 8meg cache and one 2 meg and they are both very good.

the 8 meg cache drive is much faster, i didnt think it would be, but it makes a lot of difference.

Incidently, both my 80 gig drives are seagate and they are good too. The funny thing is my friend told me WD drives are too noisy because he owned one before and recommended i buy Maxtor instead.

If you are judging from expeience then you have to think about the date when the drive was manufactured. The older one's (of whatever make) tend to be more noisy.

The first quite hard drive i had came with my compaq pc, and it was made by fujitsu.

**bigdawgfoxx** · 02-06-2004, 04:19 AM

I got a 160GB Seagate 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache...I love it..its really quiet. Its hard to tell though..cuz I have 7 80mm case fans also...so it just kinda has a silent hum...my computer is VERY quiet for that many fans...great fans...32CFM at 25Db B)

**tesco** · 02-06-2004, 04:23 AM

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@5 February 2004 - 23:19
I got a 160GB Seagate 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache...I love it..its really quiet. Its hard to tell though..cuz I have 7 80mm case fans also...so it just kinda has a silent hum...my computer is VERY quiet for that many fans...great fans...32CFM at 25Db B)

but 25db times 7 would be 175

thats quiet?

I have one 30db fan and hte stock heatsync plus a silent (REALLY SILENT) dual fan psu.

i cant hear my hard drive though becuase of the fans so im not sure how loud it is.