Please help: Thompson HDD choice
i need to replace my HDD on my 4E3006
i want a 500GB (so no PC is involved)
i have a choice of three so far
WD5000AAKS 7200rpm, 16MB Cache; is the one i had in till it failed
WD5000AVVS IntelliPower, 8MB Cache
WD5000AADS IntelliPower, 32MB Cache
can you recommend one that works well/is ideal
does the cache size matter?
i want a 500GB (so no PC is involved)
i have a choice of three so far
WD5000AAKS 7200rpm, 16MB Cache; is the one i had in till it failed
WD5000AVVS IntelliPower, 8MB Cache
WD5000AADS IntelliPower, 32MB Cache
can you recommend one that works well/is ideal
does the cache size matter?
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FWIW I installed this disk eighteen months ago :
Western Digital RE2-GP 1TB SATA-II 16MB Cache - WD1000FYPS
I would guess that it completely obsolete by now of course, but I include the info as I assume that its direct replacement will probably be OK too.
Hopefully others will have more up to date info for you.
The trickiest part of the upgrade procedure is getting the Sky box apart (seriously !). The extra effort of using the excellent free software "Copy+" to format the drive (or transfer recordings across) is trivial. For the extra cost of £30 or so I would seriously consider going up to 1Tb. You'll get 860Gb of personal storage as opposed to the 360Gb you'll get with a 500Gb drive ... that's two and a half times the storage !
What do you mean by "it failed". How long have you had this in your box, do you use anytime/instant rewind etc?
And how do you know the HD failed, do you know this for a fact or could it be PSU related?
Only asking because I think I put the same in my box about 12 months ago. It was certainly a WD5000AA?S.
Worked a treat... from here:
thePCbusiness.com
You can hear the drive working especially on HD programs but then again the original one was noisier with a loud whine... if anything can now hear the noisy fan more now :mad:
The copying is easy and you then keep your recordings... took about an hour on my laptop.
Nick
in a previous thread i wrote- (there are 2 posts pasted in to 1 in case you think i am repeating myself)
i do have anytime, IR and auto-standby on, but i believe this is not the cause - this time
well nearly a couple of weeks after putting my original HDD back in, the box hasn't had any major issues
no failed recordings (back to back or duel)
only one sound dropout, but no pixelation
still cant FF properly, but it is a thompson
so I'm going to leave it for a while longer (to see if I've just cursed it)
I'm sure this info can be misinterpreted to form some wild assumptions :rolleyes:
I had the satcure psu update and fitted a new 500gig h/d, it was the Western Digitl wd5000avvs, i noticed problems straight away, sluggish remote response slight pixelation and all the symptoms you described. put the original back and all ok. I have just fit a Seagate 500 720rpm drive in and that is fine, £60 from PCWorld, and handy for return if required, now i have to get some recompense from Scan International for the faulty one.
thats good(ish) news
how long have you had the seagate in
and whats its full model number
cheers
I have had only two occasions in just over a month where the programme listings and Anytime content have not loaded on coming out of standby ( sorted with a cold reboot), but as I'm not sure if that's software or HDD related, I'm not particularly concerned. Aside from that, I'm well satisfied.
Hope that helps.
Hi MR B that is the only info i have apart from what was on the box which was, TECHGUYS, 3.5 DESKTOP HARD DRIVE, seagate 500 7200 rpm sata.. Its only been in a month, so not had to much of a test .Just sent my faulty drive off to western digital in middlesex, they are sending me a new one.