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hdd connectors

gobby · 2003-11-24 09:37:08

quick question. im gonna get a new hdd. im currently using a maxtor 60 gig. thing is its ata 133. im gonna try get a quiet drive, possibly a seagate, but all these nice, quiet drives are ata 100. will the connectors of my ata133 ribbon cables fit into the connector of an ata100 drive???

24-11-2003 9:37am

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quick question. im gonna get a new hdd. im currently using a maxtor 60 gig. thing is its ata 133. im gonna try get a quiet drive, possibly a seagate, but all these nice, quiet drives are ata 100. will the connectors of my ata133 ribbon cables fit into the connector of an ata100 drive???

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#2 24-11-2003 2:22pm

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quick question. im gonna get a new hdd........... fit into the connector of an ata100 drive???

yes!!!

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#3 24-11-2003 2:43pm

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grand. order tonight so

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#4 24-11-2003 2:47pm

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Never noticed any difference between ata 100 and 133 tbh

Nice samsung fluid baring drives on the go , nyom

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#5 24-11-2003 3:56pm

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samsung... mmmm... will look into them. are they quiet??

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#6 24-11-2003 4:38pm

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seagate is the quietest IMO...They are the ones that developed the fluid bearing first although if your ever buying SCSI IBM/Hitachi are just as good as Seagates ...
you really cant beat the baracudas for build quality

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