Been trouble free for A while - now this

[Quall999]

Well, I have read nothing but good feadback from seagate drives. It depends on your size preference. I would stand clear of that $90 200gb Western Digital drive that has been floating around populr sites. It is that cheap for a reason, they seem to die more often than it should.

Anyways, I have a 160 maxter drive and it has been fine with nor problems. The xbox reads at 5400rpm and is ata-100. Anything higher should be no problem, but I'd advise a bios change to have the fan spin a bit faster if you upgrade.

Popular drives are usually 7200rpm and ata-133, but generate a little more heat. If yo do that fan speed change mentioned above, it will be fine though.

[voyager]

Im going for a new drive but being as shallow as I am, what is the difference between s-ata and p-ata, i am looking at this drive below.

120Gb Maxtor Plus 9 ATA-133 (7200rpm,8MB) - PATA

great value for money but will it work

cheers

[wizzer]

At a guess ..

S-ata ( serial ) - These are the new style drives, and need a modern motherboard, adaptor to work with.

P-ata ( parallel ) - This is the IDE drive we are used to ..

So in answer to your question, yes

Originally Posted by voyager

Im going for a new drive but being as shallow as I am, what is the difference between s-ata and p-ata, i am looking at this drive below.

120Gb Maxtor Plus 9 ATA-133 (7200rpm,8MB) - PATA

great value for money but will it work

cheers