h45e Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 Hi guys, Been searching the fourms and cant find the info needed. I like to know what is the biggest HDD I can put into the box, Ive currently got a 120gig but thanks to big brother (dont ask) I need a bigger HDD. I was thinking of: Western Digital RE WD3200SB 320GB IDE Hard Drive, 7200RPM or Western Digital SE WD3200JB 320GB IDE Hard Drive, 7200RPM Thanks Guys/gals Edit: Ive currently got in there a Western Digital WD1200JB/PB Caviar 7200RPM ATA100 8M cache 120G
boric Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 Hi guys,Been searching the fourms and cant find the info needed. I like to know what is the biggest HDD I can put into the box, Ive currently got a 120gig but thanks to big brother (dont ask) I need a bigger HDD. I was thinking of: Western Digital RE WD3200SB 320GB IDE Hard Drive, 7200RPM or Western Digital SE WD3200JB 320GB IDE Hard Drive, 7200RPM Thanks Guys/gals Edit: Ive currently got in there a Western Digital WD1200JB/PB Caviar 7200RPM ATA100 8M cache 120G You have an X10A and you've upgraded the harddrive? Are you using the hacked firmware? If not, which firmware are you using? Assuming a bigger hard drive will work with the X10A you should pick one which has the closest power requirements to the drive that came with the X10A. You can get these details from the manufacturers website.
h45e Posted May 14, 2006 Author Posted May 14, 2006 Yep, currently using the hacked firmware, thats how I got a 120gig in there instead of the 80gig.
boric Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Yep, currently using the hacked firmware, thats how I got a 120gig in there instead of the 80gig. Hmm, I didn't think any X10A owners had got the hacked firmware to work. Good for you. I think the largest drive I've heard of in a wintal/digicrystal was 250 gigs. Size doesn't matter, though, power does. You should check the electrical specs for the two drives you're interested in (they are listed on the westerndigital.com website), you should then compare the power requirements to the original 80gig drive. Obviously a bigger drive will need more power than an 80gig drive but you still want to keep the difference as small as possible to give the wintal the best chance of being able to provide enough power. You should probably check maxtor and seagate drives as well as you may find a similarly sized maxtor or seagate uses less power. If you search this forum section (I see you have, but there is definitely threads about this) you will find a thread or two about this where we have compared drive specs before. Some people who have upgraded successfully have also listed the drives they have used. If you use the same drive as them you are more likely to be successful.
h45e Posted May 14, 2006 Author Posted May 14, 2006 80 GB, 7200 RPM, 2 MB Cache WD800BB (Standard HDD) Current Requirements 12 VDC Read/Write 350 mA Idle 330 mA Standby 19 mA Sleep 19 mA 5 VDC Read/Write 800 mA Idle 675 mA Standby 200 mA Sleep 50 mA Power Dissipation Read/Write 8.00 Watts Idle 7.25 Watts Standby 1.20 Watts Sleep 0.50 Watts Western Digital WD1200JB Caviar 7200RPM ATA100 8M cache 120G (Installed into my PVR) Current Requirements 12 VDC Read/Write 350 mA Idle 370 mA Standby 20 mA Sleep 20 mA 5 VDC Read/Write 800 mA Idle 675 mA Standby 200 mA Sleep 60 mA Power Dissipation Read/Write 8.00 Watts Idle 7.25 Watts Standby 1.20 Watts Sleep 0.50 Watts Western Digital RE WD3200SB 320GB IDE Hard Drive, 7200RPMr Current Requirements 12 VDC Read/Write 450 mA Idle 430 mA Standby 20 mA Sleep 20 mA 5 VDC Read/Write 800 mA Idle 730 mA Standby 270 mA Sleep 250 mA Power Dissipation Read/Write 9.50 Watts Idle 8.75 Watts Standby 1.60 Watts Sleep 1.50 Watts Western Digital SE WD3200JB 320GB IDE Hard Drive, 7200RPM Current Requirements 12 VDC Read/Write 530 mA Idle 510 mA Standby 30 mA Sleep 30 mA 5 VDC Read/Write 450 mA Idle 400 mA Standby 150 mA Sleep 120 mA Power Dissipation Read/Write 8.60 Watts Idle 8.10 Watts Standby 1.10 Watts Sleep 1.00 Watts The 250 WD ones Ive looked at require 530mA to run, and some ppl one here are saying that their PVR is running fine. I dont really want to spend $200 on a dud HDD. So I dont know if I should just get the JB or not.
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