Re: HDD upgrade in PB3400c advice

2004-04-29 Thread Mark Benson
On Apr 28, 2004, at 12:43 pm, Dan Palka wrote: As a further note... The 40gb IBM Travelstar that I had in my 3400c shared none of the problems of the faster and more expensive Seagate drive. To my knowledge Seagate have only recently started making 2.5" drives. Get this, they make 10,000 rpm ones

Re: HDD upgrade in PB3400c advice

2004-04-28 Thread KG
Thanks for the advice. I don't think I want to take chances with that Seagate drive. Probably, the technology in that drive is just too much for the 3400c controller to handle without choking. They really weren't meant to be installed in PowerBooks made in 1997, after all. The guy told me that a H

Re: HDD upgrade in PB3400c advice

2004-04-28 Thread Dan Palka
As a further note... The 40gb IBM Travelstar that I had in my 3400c shared none of the problems of the faster and more expensive Seagate drive. On Apr 28, 2004, at 1:59 AM, Mark Benson wrote: On Apr 28, 2004, at 01:44 am, Dan Palka wrote: I read somewhere that certain brand spanking new hard driv

Re: HDD upgrade in PB3400c advice

2004-04-27 Thread Mark Benson
On Apr 28, 2004, at 01:44 am, Dan Palka wrote: I read somewhere that certain brand spanking new hard drives aren't compatible with pre-Wallstreet machines. Strange isn't it? Thanks for the heads-up Dan, I was considering putting a 30GB in mine but I'll stick my 10GB in it instead I think. Maybe I'

Re: HDD upgrade in PB3400c advice

2004-04-27 Thread Dan Palka
on 4/27/04 7:15 PM, KG at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a chance at a good deal on a 5400 RPM Seagate notebook drive, and > I'm hoping that someone here has tried a 5400 RPM in a 3400c before and > knows what kind of performance gain such an upgrade provides. Is it worth > the money to swap

HDD upgrade in PB3400c advice

2004-04-27 Thread KG
I've got a chance at a good deal on a 5400 RPM Seagate notebook drive, and I'm hoping that someone here has tried a 5400 RPM in a 3400c before and knows what kind of performance gain such an upgrade provides. Is it worth the money to swap out from a 4200 RPM Ultra66 Toshiba drive, or are the IDE co