So it seems that enough of us have had success with ATA6 large capacity drives from various manufacturers. Seems to me that problems are spurious (the list member's experience during exhaustive tests notwithstanding - is testing hardware your job?) and therefore possibly due to manufactuering defects. If there is an incompatability problem with these drives seems it should be easily attributable to those manufactured by a given company for a range of time.
According to the tech at the local apple-only shop, ATA6 drives work fine in a Pismo as, according to the tech, ATA6 is backwardly compatable. Again, my 40GB Hitachi/IBM Travelstar 5400 RPM has been working flawlessly in my Pismo for the past five months. Of course OWC on their website states that ATA6 drives will not work in a pismo. I discovered this almost immediately after I ordered my drive from them. I emailed them to see if I needed to change my order. The tech replied the drive should work just fine - which it does. Barry --- Dylan McDermond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2005, at 3:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >> My wife has a 400mhz Pismo with a 60gb Samsung > MP0603H drive that has > >> worked just fine since the first day we put it > in. > > > > Neither the Samsung 40 GB nor the Samsung 60 GB > would work in my > > Lombard > > nor Pismo, during my exhaustive tests of large > (i.e., > 10 GB) > > drives in > > Lombards and Pismos. > > I don't know what to say. It was actually the first > drive that I > tried in her Pismo (manufactured July 2000) and it's > worked fine. At > 5400rpm and 60gb, it's a huge speedup from the old > 6gb drive. She's > had no problems with it at all since she started > using it in June. > > -Dylan > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
