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Re: Internal drive compatibility issues??!!
Hello,
I’ve just added a second internal 500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 7200 16MB HDD to my Dual 2Ghz G5, however it failed to mount after starting up the system. I took the drive back to the supplier who confirmed it wasn’t faulty i.e. it mounted on a PC. I’ve since found out from a response to my post earlier (thanks Nick) that these drives and others are more than likely incompatible. Check out: https://www.xlr8yourmac.com. It would seem that… and now I’m quoting: “the new Seagate SATA 500G comes in 2 versions – one with SSC enabled, one without SSC. Users want to get the non-SSC version of the drive.”
Now don’t ask me what SSC is, I know not, all I want to know is how would I find out which model of Seagate is the non-SSC version. I buy my drives & peripherals from a PC supplier and I’m sure they wouldn’t have a clue about such things. Or failing that which specific drive should I get for the the secondary mounting? I went for the Seagate initially because of the size (500GB), price (250 quid-sterling), buffer size (16mb), and warranty (5 years).
Thanks in advance for any help
Otis F
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4 Replies
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Have you contacted Segate? Might email them…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Jerry,
Yes I’ve just emailed them with pretty much the same post, so I’ll wait for their response, meanwhile I may just swop it for an external firewire?
Cheers
Otis F
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I’m having great luck with my Hitachi SATA… was a 7200 RPM 8mb disk cache unit…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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[Jerry Hofmann] “I’m having great luck with my Hitachi SATA… was a 7200 RPM 8mb disk cache unit…”
Hi,
Some models of Hitachi have SSC turned on also. Barefeats has a list of model numbers.
Best Wishes,
Mitch
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