Re: [cobalt-users] upgrading 550

["Peter Rombouts" <peternews@xxxxxxxxx>]

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manny Tau" <mtau@xxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 8:22 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] upgrading 550


> Thnx for this info.
> I remember seeing a post about the ROM and a 32 MB limitation on the HD.
>
> Does this apply to the 550?
> Will I need to do anything with the ROM to accept the 2 x 80 GB HD's?
>
> thnx, Manny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gerald Waugh
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:53 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] upgrading 550
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Gerald Waugh wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Manny Tau wrote:
> >
> > > Quick questions:
> > >
> > > Can a 550 with P3 1 GHz 256 RAM with a single 40 GB HD be upgraded to
2
> x 80
> > > GB HD's by simply replacing/installing the bigger drives and doing a
> OSRCD
> > > restore to recognize the larger drives and activate RAID1?
> > >
> > > Does the ROM need to be changed to accomodate 2 larger drives from the
> > > original single smaller one? If so, how does one do this?
> >
> > No problem, just add the new drives and do a restore, we have done this
> > many times.
>
>   We did have one issue, a client provided WD 80GB drives, and they did
> not work properly, but Seagate drives did work
>
> Gerald
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I've installed 2 Maxtor Diamondmax drives 80GB and they fit (don't have the
exact specs with me).
The distance between the powerplug and IDE interface on Western Digital
disks is too wide,
so they won't fit into the bracked on the mainboard,

Peter.