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Re: [cobalt-users] Install larger HD in raq4i
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Install larger HD in raq4i
- From: "Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Oct 31 08:57:08 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> > Hi friends!, Mark here , the new guy, I want to install a
> > new larger HD on my raq4i, before I start hosting, It
> > has a Seagate 20g - ata 33 5400 rpm. in now I want to
> > increase to 40gig. Can I replace with ata 66 or 100?...
>
> The drive controllers in the RaQ3 and RaQ4 are only ATA/33. You cannot
> use 7200RPM drives in them (I have only seen ATA/66 or ATA/100 7200RPM
> drives).
>
AFAIK ATA/66 and ATA/100 drives work on an ATA/33 system. They are backwards
compatible. (7200 might be too hot though)
Gerald