Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #1
Are there any firewire chipsets that support 500GB hard drives?
I'm about to buy a 500gb hard drive, but since I have a laptop, I'll have to stick it in a firewire enclosure.
The…
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Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #2
Any SATA enclosure will support all drive sizes.
For regular ATA, just look for a case with large drive support ("48 bit LBA"). That boundary is at 137GB. It either does or doesn'…
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #3
I wish Firewire enclosures for SATA drives were more readily available. There are a couple, but they're really expensive ($100+) and, for the most part, pretty ugly.
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #4
SATA is a little too new for the support chips to be as available as the "accessory" market likes. They tend to wait until the support chips are fairly inexpensive and plentiful b…
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #5
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I think that SATA enclosures will start being in the "affordable" category when the SATA drive premium gets very small and a lot more comput…
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #6
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Originally Posted by tooki
Any SATA enclosure will support all drive sizes.
For regular ATA, just look for a case with large drive support ("48 bit LBA"). That boundary …
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #7
That almost sounds like an artificial limitation.
But I have another theory: it supports >200GB drives, but was released when 200GB was the biggest. Since it had not been teste…
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #8
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Originally Posted by ghporter
Take a look at how long it was between when ATA-133 drives werer widely available and when ATA-133-compliant enclosures were avaiable for …
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #9
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Originally Posted by tooki
That's because of two reasons:
1) No single drive ever released can saturate ATA/100. There is zero benefit from ATA/133, besides marketing.
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Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #10
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Originally Posted by ghporter
I've also thought of another reason these things were slow to come out: slow acceptance of the concept that an external drive could be as si…
Firewire Chipset that supports 500gb HD? — #11
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Originally Posted by tooki
Maybe in the PC world. External drives have been constant companions of Macs for two decades. We are quite used to external drives being simple…
Treo 650 questions — #1
Hi,
I currently have a Nokia 6600, and I was planning to get a Treo 650. Are there any issues with either Salling Clicker or Bluephoneelite on the Treo 650. I still haven't deci…
Treo 650 questions — #2
I just ordered my Verizon Treo 650 (switching from T-Mobile Nokia 3650 so I can get some decent goddamn reception). I'll let you know how it goes!
I do know that Kinoma player can…
Treo 650 questions — #3
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Originally Posted by vgoklani
Hi,
I currently have a Nokia 6600, and I was planning to get a Treo 650. Are there any issues with either Salling Clicker or Bluephoneelit…
Treo 650 questions — #4
Just wanted to add that AeroPlayer also supports unprotected AACs.
And my reading indicates that GSM networks like Cingular are much better for serious data use, because they run d…
Treo 650 questions — #5
I use the T650 as my wireless modem via bluetooth with my Powerbook and iPaq which I recently got... I may want to downsize if the iPaq will sync well with the new pocketpc version…
Treo 650 questions — #6
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Originally Posted by Mithras
I just ordered my Verizon Treo 650 (switching from T-Mobile Nokia 3650 so I can get some decent goddamn reception). I'll let you know how it …
my 22" cinema display died — #1
The power light still come son and will even put the computer to sleep. Must be just a blown backlight. I'm going to take it in to get it checked out, but anyone know approx what…
my 22" cinema display died — #2
If you shine a bright light at the display while it's on, do you see a dim image?
If no, then the panel or other component (e.g signal processor) has died.
If yes: did all the ba…
my 22" cinema display died — #3
Thanks Tooki, I'll check that out (need to hook it back up)
my 22" cinema display died — #4
Well I should add the following having done many of these repairs.
the 1/2 brightness question is because you have 2 bulbs one on the top one on the bottom. both bulbs don't die a…
my 22" cinema display died — #5
Yup. I said all of that in my response.
tooki
my 22" cinema display died — #6
When my cinema display died a few years back (rev 1 dvi ) the picture came back when I unplugged the usb. been using it ever since without the usb. looked into getting it fixed but…
Low Input signal on microphone. Why? — #1
Hi all,
I bought an XLR microphone from Shure and an XLR to mini-jack cable. I turn the microphone and plug it into my computer. I open System Preferences>Sound and select Li…
Low Input signal on microphone. Why? — #2
Do a search -- this is a super-common question that gets asked -- and answered -- frequently.
But simply, a mike won't work on a line-in. Mikes go into mike inputs, which are diff…