-=> MATT MC_CARTHY wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 MM> 29 Jan 2003, 04:44, Wayne Chirnside (1:275/311), wrote to Matt
 MM> Mc_carthy:

 MM> Hi Wayne.

 WC> CMOS to none and perhaps that would be enough, what do you think?

 MM> This _may_ vary with different boards and controllers.  The older type
 MM> that only allowed going over the 2.1G "limit" required
the CMOS be set
 MM> to "Type 1".

Like my now unused EIDEMAX card.
Looked at CMOS in thiis box again and there's options
to disable EIDE 0 +slave and 1 +slave completely

 WC> If that were the case I could snag a Ultra ATA133 controller
 WC> and pick up quite a bit of speed.
 WC> Staples was having a discount on a 40 or 60 Gig. drives
 WC> as they are dropping the model, ATA100 and 5400 spindle speed.

 MM> Those are my favorites, the 40G and 5400.  Plenty fast enough for this
 MM> old AMD 500, and quite reliable across brands.  When you get up to the
 MM> 7200 RPM 80G drives and higher, they all get hot, and SHOULD have a
 MM> separate fan blowing over them, but VERY few cases have any provision
 MM> for that.

This one does, thanks for the tip on heat.
I may have to rush on  this as these drives are limited to
stock just now and retailers will be discontinuing.
 
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