RE: SATA for IDE disk swap?

["Richard \(lists account\)" <rich_lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I Have one like that I got off DX - has a _massive_ power on delay
before
the executer appears under the xbox logo (1-2 mins sometimes) and it seems
so much slower than an older IDE drive in the machine.







From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon
Sent: Sunday, 28 February 2010 9:05 a.m.
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SATA for IDE disk swap?





Ooh yeah that's a good idea, I never thought of that

Paul G

> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> From: mhopley@xxxxxxx <mailto:mhopley%40lineone.net>
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:11:40 +0000
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SATA for IDE disk swap?
>
> Paul,
> Could you not use a SATA -> IDE adaptor?
> That is what most people are doing for disk upgrades for Tivos.
> These adaptors on ebay are cheap and work with Tivos, might be worth a
shot
> for an xbox.
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250357693254>
&item=250357693254
>
>
> Mark
>
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] On Behalf
Of
> Paul Gordon
> Sent: 27 February 2010 18:13
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] SATA for IDE disk swap?
>
>
> I have run out of all my old IDE hard disks, and I have a need for a
couple
> more for a couple of XBOX upgrades... I have a pile of 3 off WD3200YS
RE16
> SATA drives sat here that have had only 12-18 months use, that I
*probably*
> won't make much more use of... - these are the RAID edition models
certified
> for 24/7 use and with a longer warranty (5 years rather than 3 if
memory
> serves).
>
> Anyone want to do a swap? - I'll give you a fairly new SATA 320GB
drive in
a
> straight swap for an IDE disk of at least the same size (or larger, -
but
> only up to 500GB is normally workable in an XBOX I believe)...
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul G.
>
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