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Nick Rout wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Steve Hodge <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com"><stevehodge@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Nick & Ann Read <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nick.read@engineer.com"><nick.read@engineer.com></a>
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<pre wrap="">Well that didn't work. Failed to read/write the disk with my P3 under
Linux, and worked really slowly on my P4 with windows. Took the plunge
and replaced my P3 with a new(er) celeron MB with SATA. Still getting
that going properly (another story) but at least the disk is great :-)
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<pre wrap="">I guess you didn't have a spare PCI slot for a SATA controller card? I've
used a couple of different varieties
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dse.co.nz/dse.shop/en/product/XH8269">http://www.dse.co.nz/dse.shop/en/product/XH8269</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=359940">http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=359940</a>) without any
issues.
Cheers,
Steve
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If you don't have room for a PCI card the sata drive may work better
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<font color="#0000ff">Yes both good options but didn't apply to my old
SFF P3 box. All solved now with my newer box. Only problem is the
FX5200 video card has started flaking out, and the onboard video isn't
up to much. Sigh. Once you start...</font><br>
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