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New Serial-ATA Drive

July 22, 2003 6:36:53 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I've just bought myself a new 120Gb Maxtor Serial-ATA hard drive, because my current 30Gb Maxtor ATA100 one seems to be dying. Hopefully I'll be able to back everything up before it breathes its last and be back to skinning soon. In the meantime, the updates to metalX2 and dinksDX are on hold until I have a reliable system to work on.

Not too sure what I'm going to do with all that space though...
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Reply #1 July 22, 2003 8:15:55 AM
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Congrats! Let us know if Serial ATA lives up to all the hype.
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Reply #2 July 22, 2003 8:19:32 AM
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we'll fill it up with PB&J

*kidding*

Good luck with the new HD!
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Reply #3 July 22, 2003 11:41:36 AM
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Whoa, I need to get a few of those.



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Reply #4 July 22, 2003 2:41:45 PM
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And how much did the new drive cost?
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Reply #5 July 22, 2003 3:03:01 PM
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£98.50 from http://www.dabs.com .

Not a bad price really when you consider that my current one cost me over £250 when I originally bought it.
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Reply #6 July 22, 2003 4:42:35 PM
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SATA does live up to the hype, you will definately notice a speed increase so long as your motherboard supports it. It's the closest thing to having a SCSI without actually having a SCSI. Now if only my mobo supported it!
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Reply #7 July 22, 2003 5:00:17 PM
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mine does. It better I just bought it.
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Reply #8 July 23, 2003 1:20:42 AM
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I have the Abit NFS-7 Motherboard, which does indeed support SATA. Hopefully this one will last me a good few years too. The hard drive is the only original part left from my first self-built PC, so it's had a good innings.
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Reply #9 July 23, 2003 6:14:15 AM
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Well first impressions aren't great. The drive arrived without any of the retail packaging, documentation or cables, despite there being no mention on the retailer's site of it being an OEM item.

Luckily I have a spare SATA cable, and the power connector is a standard one, but I'm a bit concerned that I don't have any reference for the jumper settings, or for one large connector the function of which I have no clue about!
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Reply #10 July 23, 2003 6:40:43 AM
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GrayHaze,

No jumper settings needed. All SATA drives act as Master, thus only one connection per cable. SATA is sweet; I know you will be pleased. I have 2 200GB SATA drives, and 2 IDEs.

Have Fun,
ce




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Reply #11 July 23, 2003 2:00:30 PM
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Well it's installed and seems to be running well. I'm less than happy with the customer service (if that's what you could call arguing with a customer) given by dabs.com as a result of my being provided with no documentation. I certainly wouldn't recommend them to anyone else, and I think I'd gladly pay the little bit extra other retailers were asking just to receive some good customer service.

Grrrrrrr... >
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Reply #12 July 23, 2003 2:53:27 PM
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outstanding customer service is the backbone of any GOOD business....
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