On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:37:44PM +0100, Robin Kipp wrote: > Omg, sorry but... That sucks!!! Why can't they just put in native SATA?
You'd probably need BIOS support, and IDE is already integrated to the chips in the board. You also avoid the need to have more drivers in the OS. I think the SATA is there mostly because IDE drives will disappear during the lifetime of the net5501. Especially the reliable ones meant to be operated 24 hours a day are already hard to find. > I mean, it says SATA on the specs page of the Net5501 and then it's just > an imitation? And well, I'm guessing this thing can't reach SATA > speed... Neither can the CPU, the PCI bus and most 2.5" drives. > And also, the way you have to squeece in the hd isn't really too good > for both the hd and the mainboard. You have to squeece the cables under > the hd because they are way too long, so the cables are pressed onto the > board. And also, when the case is closed the top of the case also pushes > down the hd - I don't really think this is a safe position for the hd, > if there are some vibrations or something, it may be corrupted... It is cramped, but 2.5" drives tend to be pretty durable in respect to shocks. The temperature is a bigger problem. The cables do need to have some length to avoid bending them too sharply. I don't have the hard drive mounting bracket so I can't really know how well the wires fit just from the pictures. > Couldn't Soekris maybe offer a larger case that gives the hd more space > and a more safe position??? 3rd parties (for example kd85.com) have all kinds of cases available. Maybe you'll want to look at those. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
