Got My New Hard Drive

[SingaBoiy]

It'll be perfectly fine.
Im gonna go steal a stick of 512 from the pc in the other room It'll add alot more to my 256

[gungrave]

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

lol kk

[clocker]

Originally posted by SingaBoiy@9 March 2004 - 07:25
It'll be perfectly fine.
Im gonna go steal a stick of 512 from the pc in the other room It'll add alot more to my 256

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 It&#39;ll add alot more to my 256

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?

[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.
<!--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?[/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.
I was in Stockport yesterday, I could have popped over to Wilmslow and sorted it out for you if I&#39;d known.

[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.
I was in Stockport yesterday, I could have popped over to Wilmslow and sorted it out for you if I&#39;d known. [/b][/quote]
where about u live stockport?