Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

I got one of these, it's a great price. I would only buy a Dell _computer_ to use as a prop in a horror movie about bad computers, but this hard drive is in my iBook and I love it. http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx? sku=A0242099&c=us&l=en&cs=19&category_id=2999&page=exter

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

I believe some 2.5" Toshiba drives have 32MB buffers, but I'm not that sure they come in ATA-5. Drives running at 7200rpm cost considerably more, and are generally ATA-6. Cheers, Ben On 27 Jan 2005, at 04:53, CR wrote: Very interesting recommendations re: Wallstreet HD. Thank you Ben. I didn't

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

> ...any reason not to go to 7200rpm? Drives with slower RPM ratings generally use less power. Also, a 7200rpm drive may cost you a bit more than a slower one. Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Dri

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

Also the Wallstreet's controller is not likely to benefit much from a 7200rpm drive. --- "Andrew, a Mac Freak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...any reason not to go to 7200rpm? > > Drives with slower RPM ratings generally use less > power. Also, a > 7200rpm drive may cost you a bit more than a

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

MAIL PROTECTED]> From: Ben Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:31:18 +1100 From what I've heard, ATA-6 (aka ATA/100) or later drives are not compatible with the Wallstreet. You'll need an ATA-5 drive, which li

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

From what I've heard, ATA-6 (aka ATA/100) or later drives are not compatible with the Wallstreet. You'll need an ATA-5 drive, which limits things a bit -- I'd go for a relatively low-capacity drive (say 40GB) at 5400rpm, preferably with an 8MB buffer. A large buffer is good, because it reduces

Wallstreet Hard Drive Recommendations

I have a Wallstreet II/300 with 196MB RAM. Recently obtained a retail install set for Jaguar and would like to give it a try. So far the highest I have gone on any of my machines is OS 9.2.2. The original disk is only 2gb so it barely meets minimum for older OS and applications. I have "heard" tha

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive

Clyde Kahrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried to put a 4.5 gig travelstar--(orig equip lombard) into > my wall street. I've been lurking around trying to learn. Some of the gurus here will have to confirm. But I seem to remember reading here a few weeks ago that the ribbon cables for th

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive

On Dec 28, 2003, at 7:59 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: I have tried to put a 4.5 gig travelstar--(orig equip lombard) into my wall street. When it is installed, I get nice chimes, and that's it. I don't even get a question mark. The screen doesn't even light up. The machine won't even boot from t

Re: Wallstreet Hard Drive

I have tried to put a 4.5 gig travelstar--(orig equip lombard) into my wall street. When it is installed, I get nice chimes, and that's it. I don't even get a question mark. The screen doesn't even light up. The machine won't even boot from the CD. I have tried various shield things--inclu

Re: WallStreet hard drive

Yep. The 40 GB one I bought most recently was made in Hungary. The drive arrived with minimal packaging and, at first, I sorta wished it would have come with more documentation. When I thought about it though, I probably wouldn't have been able to read it anyway. My Hungarian is very rusty

Re: WallStreet hard drive

RE, from my understanding IBM make their own hardrives,, but in several factories in different country's on 9/18/02 8:49 AM, Mike Amato at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 9/17/02 7:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> As I've always said, the Fujitsu's have been the quietest an

Re: WallStreet hard drive

on 9/17/02 7:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As I've always said, the Fujitsu's have been the quietest and most reliable > drives we've tested. I wouldn't call our system of testing entirely > scientific--it is based purely on returns of dead drives. We've had 3 known > Fu

Re: WallStreet hard drive

Mine definitely does not have fluid bearings. It's very loud. Their fluid bearing ones are later, and those are good. > Do they have the fluid bearings, or whatever they called them, that > were supposed to make them quieter? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small

Re: WallStreet hard drive

I wonder what generation these drives are? Do they have the fluid bearings, or whatever they called them, that were supposed to make them quieter? I have an IBM 20gig that seems extremely quiet to me - just a little burbling as it reads. I got it this last February. BTW, I don't think IBM w

Re: WallStreet hard drive

on 9/17/02 9:57 AM, Gene Merritt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 9/17/02 2:34 AM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 17/09/02 01:26, Van Turner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Does anybody have a personal preference on hard drives for PowerBook? I'm >>> looking at IBM Tra

Re: WallStreet hard drive

Mine too! Mine is a 12GB IBM and it's very loud (and only a 4200 RPM). Much louder than my previous 2GB Toshiba. Also, it sometimes squeaks, which I am told is a sign of impending failure. Given the failure rate among IBM drives (apparently the model I'm using is really bad, and I heard about

Re: WallStreet hard drive

> >>I have the IBM 20 and I HATE it. It's loud, annoyingly so. It is reliable >>and seems to be speedy enough, but the hum and noise is driving me nuts. >> > >My two cents. > > and mine... My IBM 10G whines like a hungry child (well, not quite, but I liked the way that sounds) all the time. I

Re: WallStreet hard drive

As I've always said, the Fujitsu's have been the quietest and most reliable drives we've tested. I wouldn't call our system of testing entirely scientific--it is based purely on returns of dead drives. We've had 3 known Fujitsu 30's die (out of over 1000 in the past year), and about 30 IBM (o

Re: WallStreet hard drive

I have the IBM 20 and I HATE it. It's loud, annoyingly so. It is reliable and seems to be speedy enough, but the hum and noise is driving me nuts. My two cents. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: WallStreet hard drive

Thomas Ethen at 9/17/02 (maybe): >I have a Fujitsu 30 Gig and it is not as noisy as the IBM >that came with my Pismo, but it is definitely not quiet. > >Tom If you're going to get an IBM TravelStar, be sure to get a more recent model that includes the quiet tech like fluid bearings. I got myself

Re: WallStreet hard drive

I have a Fujitsu 30 Gig and it is not as noisy as the IBM that came with my Pismo, but it is definitely not quiet. Tom > > > I have a 20G Fujitsu in my Wallstreet II and it's quieter than the > 15G IBM in my Powerboy FW drive. Got the Fujitsu from PBPARTS. > > Gene > -- G-Books is sponsore

Re: WallStreet hard drive

On 9/17/02 2:34 AM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 17/09/02 01:26, Van Turner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Does anybody have a personal preference on hard drives for PowerBook? I'm >> looking at IBM Travelstar and a Fujitsu drive on eBay. Both are 20GB, >> 4200RPM ATA/66.

Re: WallStreet hard drive

on 17/09/02 01:26, Van Turner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anybody have a personal preference on hard drives for PowerBook? I'm > looking at IBM Travelstar and a Fujitsu drive on eBay. Both are 20GB, > 4200RPM ATA/66. Is that what works in these computers? Is there anything I > should know?

WallStreet hard drive

Does anybody have a personal preference on hard drives for PowerBook? I'm looking at IBM Travelstar and a Fujitsu drive on eBay. Both are 20GB, 4200RPM ATA/66. Is that what works in these computers? Is there anything I should know? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Sma

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

If you have access to any other 2.5 drive, try putting it in the machine to see if any other drive will boot the machine. A friend had the same symptoms, but the hard drive was good--it was the motherboard that could see any hard drive, although it would boot off a CD. Find this out quickl

Re: Torx for Pismo HD? (was: Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe)

Jim wrote: >>But, I digress. Get a Torx #8 screwdriver from Sears, put in a >>larger, faster HD, and your PB will be good as new. > > > Listers, > > Is Torx8 the size needed for removing the Pismo drive too? Last time > I had the keyboard up, I noticed that the drive was fastened with > tho

Re: Torx for Pismo HD? (was: Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe)

On 28/08/02 15:58, "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> But, I digress. Get a Torx #8 screwdriver from Sears, put in a >> larger, faster HD, and your PB will be good as new. > > Listers, > > Is Torx8 the size needed for removing the Pismo drive too? Last time > I had the keyboard up, I noticed

Torx for Pismo HD? (was: Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe)

>But, I digress. Get a Torx #8 screwdriver from Sears, put in a >larger, faster HD, and your PB will be good as new. Listers, Is Torx8 the size needed for removing the Pismo drive too? Last time I had the keyboard up, I noticed that the drive was fastened with those damnable torx screws. No

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

Hi, The drive I want to install is 9.5 mm high. Will that present any problems? Thanks for your response. John Callahan Remy Davison wrote: > > >This is a little off subject, but does anyone have any idea of where I > >can find a list of hard disk drives compatible with my Powerbook G3 > >series

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

>This is a little off subject, but does anyone have any idea of where I >can find a list of hard disk drives compatible with my Powerbook G3 >series "Wallstreet"? I "won" a Fujitsu MHR2020AT drive on E-Bay and for >the life of me I can't find out whether it will work or not. Grateful >for any help

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

This is a little off subject, but does anyone have any idea of where I can find a list of hard disk drives compatible with my Powerbook G3 series "Wallstreet"? I "won" a Fujitsu MHR2020AT drive on E-Bay and for the life of me I can't find out whether it will work or not. Grateful for any help. Tha

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

>I purchased a Wallstreet on eBay for my niece - only to discover that the >hard drive is not working. > >The screen shows a floppy icon with a question mark. When I stick an OS 8.5 >CD in the CD drive, the OS starts up off the CD. Unfortunately, I see no >hard drive. When using the HD Setup utili

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

Timothy Virkkala on 8/27/02 2:41 PM wrote: > > If at all possible I'd like to do this myself, rather than spend money on a > technician. I've poked inside and upgraded/troubleshot numerous desktop > Macs, but never a Powerbook... > If you're comfortable poking around inside a desktop machine,

Re: Wallstreet hard drive woe

Timothy, The tutorial for changing a Wallstreet hard drive is given here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/wallstreet_hard_drive/. It's pretty simple, and I changed the hard drive on my Wallstreet without the benefit of the tutorial. Heok Hee -- G-Books is sponsored by

Wallstreet hard drive woe

I purchased a Wallstreet on eBay for my niece - only to discover that the hard drive is not working. The screen shows a floppy icon with a question mark. When I stick an OS 8.5 CD in the CD drive, the OS starts up off the CD. Unfortunately, I see no hard drive. When using the HD Setup utility, I