Sky+ hard disk upgrade

Gwynston

I know there has been a lot of discussion in the past, but much of the info on this procedure is quite old. Our Pace box is just one year old now, so now it's out of warranty I was thinking of getting a new 250GB drive.

I seem to recall issues with certain specs and/or brands of drive running hot, so the system fan would run almost constantly, and wanted to make sure I got the right drive without this issue. Does anyone have up-to-date info on what to go for?

dts

They recomend you go like for like so if you have a Maxtor then stick with 5400rpm Maxtor drives and if you have Samsung then stick with 5400rpm samsung drives. Not sure but I think it was the pace boxes that have the samsung.

This is the one I have ordered
Maxtor DiamondMax 16 120 GB Disk Drive

Description:

The premier choice for desktop, commercial and consumer electronics high-capacity storage needs is the DiamondMax® 16 hard drive. With capacity points of 60, 80, 120 and 160GB, you'll get all the capacity and reliability you need at the best dollar per GB available. Maxtor-developed parallel ATA interfaces have data transfer rates of 133MB/sec. Our exclusive Maxtor Shock Protection and Data Protection Systems are designed into every Maxtor hard drive. The combination of outstanding capacity, value and reliability makes the DiamondMax 16 the first choice for your desktop storage needs.

Features:

Parallel Ultra ATA/133 data transfer speeds
Quiet Drive Technology
Maxtor Data Protection System
Maxtor Shock Protection System
Specifications:

Formatted capacity: 60, 80, 120 and 160GB
Average seek time: ?12.6 ms
Rotational speed: 5400 RPM
2MB cache buffer
PDF Data Sheet:

http://maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_..._data_sheet.pdf


$39.99

slegs

Gwynston wrote:

I know there has been a lot of discussion in the past, but much of the info on this procedure is quite old. Our Pace box is just one year old now, so now it's out of warranty I was thinking of getting a new 250GB drive.

I seem to recall issues with certain specs and/or brands of drive running hot, so the system fan would run almost constantly, and wanted to make sure I got the right drive without this issue. Does anyone have up-to-date info on what to go for?

Samsung Spinpoint drives work like a dream with Pace v2 boxes...mine is upgraded to 160GB for nearly 18 months now without a single problem or failed recording. Fan does stay on but the noise is not audible unless TV is off and room is quiet...Fan always on helps keeps box very cool which is one of the reasons I think I have had no issues..

pbirney

I recall some time ago that, following an upgrade to a larger disk, the Sky+ software did not recognise the extra space available. Even though it allowed you to make use of the disk space, it showed a misleading figure for remaining space. Is this still the case with the latest software?

Our man in Havana

Nope, I changed from the standard 40GB to 120GB and the planner shows the correct free space since day one.

pbirney

Bond-007 wrote:

Nope, I changed from the standard 40GB to 120GB and the planner shows the correct free space since day one.

Thanks, that's good to know.