Internal HDD Spin Speed

[aabs]

On my way out to get is there SATA300 HDD for my DM800, noticed that there is a 7200rpm on offer today and was wondering if it was worth paying the extra money and would it work in my DM800.

Also I have no fan fitted so what manufactures HDD produce the least heat?

[chelseaboy]

i think they recommend a lower speed drive as it makes it more quieter, my tm9100 as a 7200 rpm drive and its really loud because of the speed.

Infact it sounds like a plane coming in, thats probably why i dont use it.

chesleaboy

[Dean sat]

I use the FUJITSU 320GB and it is fine
All the best Dean.

[aabs]

Update for anyone else looking at HDD that will be compatable out of the box with your DM800.

Hitachi claimed to have the coolest running SATA HDD but Samsung drives offer better performance against price.

I went for the 160gb version of the Hitachi and im well happy with it.
Bit of a tight fit due to the amount of room dreammedia have left us in the DM800 but once in and formatted works perfect.


Hard Drive Model TRAVELSTAR 5K320
Form Factor 2.5" x 1/8H
Capacity 160 GB
Interface Type Serial ATA-300
Buffer Size 8 MB
Features TrueTrack servo technology, Thermal Flyheight Control (TFC), Bulk Data Encryption, Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR)
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate 300 MBps (external) / 91.1 MBps (internal)
Seek Time 12 ms (average) / 20 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time 1 ms
Average Latency 5.5 ms
Spindle Speed 5400 rpm
Reliability
Start / Stop Cycles

Not bad for £35 incl VAT

[simon 2003]

got my eye on this one 49.99 @ play ,inc free delivery
Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" Internal SATA Hard Drive -
Main Specifications:
Capacity: 320GB
Interfaces: SATA
Transfer Rate: 3 Gb/s (Max)
Read Seek Time: 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
Rotational Speed: 5,400 RPM

[Phylos]

got my eye on this one 49.99 @ play ,inc free delivery
Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" Internal SATA Hard Drive -
Main Specifications:
Capacity: 320GB
Interfaces: SATA
Transfer Rate: 3 Gb/s (Max)
Read Seek Time: 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
Rotational Speed: 5,400 RPM

Got this last month and works perfect. Also upgraded my PS3 using the same drive.

[leeboy1]

aabs, where did you get your HDD from please mate.

[aabs]

aabs, where did you get your HDD from please mate.

Hey Leeboy

As you know I cant give live links but if you google the word "aria" you will find em top of the list ;-)

[jaluka]

I put the same drive as aabs used (TRAVELSTAR 5K320) it is quiet and had no problems at all with it.

Thought the cables could have been a bit shorter though, pain to get tidy its a bit cramped in there :ack2:

[simon 2003]

Got this last month and works perfect. Also upgraded my PS3 using the same drive.

is it quiet m8,and whats the temp like,im holding out now may go external as the little fooker 800 gets quite hot and shoving a drive in there seems madness to me,unless anyones got any fan mod ideas??:toetap05:

[consolglass]

is it possible to connect a hard drive externally to the e-sata port ???

[doct140]

On my way out to get is there SATA300 HDD for my DM800, noticed that there is a 7200rpm on offer today and was wondering if it was worth paying the extra money and would it work in my DM800.

Also I have no fan fitted so what manufactures HDD produce the least heat?

avoid 7200rpm , i have been told that its not supported

[leeboy1]

Ive put in my new HDD, i went for a tosh 250gig, its on, i followed a guide i found, the box boots up but then locks up, its on the last channel i was watching (bbc1) i cant press any buttons, how do i initilize the hdd via telnet (think thats the problem)

Lee

[aabs]

is it quiet m8,and whats the temp like,im holding out now may go external as the little fooker 800 gets quite hot and shoving a drive in there seems madness to me,unless anyones got any fan mod ideas??:toetap05:

Are you sure you have bootloader 70 installed.
It does make a difference, mine as been much cooler since I installed bootloader 70. Its got to be worth a try for you has it only takes 10 seconds max !!!


is it possible to connect a hard drive externally to the e-sata port ???

I looked at doing that their are 2 options.

1) buy an external SATA drive which will plug directly into the SATA socket on the rear or your DM800 only problem being another power supply is required to power external drive. This can with the external drive but the sockets behind my TV are already over crowded.

2) I looked at removing the external SATA socket from the DM800 (easy to do 2 screws 1 connector and then pass the cable through the hole to an internal HDD drive mounted externally leaving no need for extra power supply as it would be using the power source as an internal HDD in the DM800.

There is also a 3rd clean option which is a USB external HDD
On the posiive side it keeps your box cool and is portable.
On the negative side it takes up a USB port and I read on many forums people having problems getting them set up and working correctly.
Although once this was done the users did sound happy with them.

I am please with the choice I made as I have now left my DM800 on all night recording for 5 hours. I checked next morning box was a little warm but by no means over heating.

[aabs]

Ive put in my new HDD, i went for a tosh 250gig, its on, i followed a guide i found, the box boots up but then locks up, its on the last channel i was watching (bbc1) i cant press any buttons, how do i initilize the hdd via telnet (think thats the problem)

Lee


Press Menu/ Setup / System / Hard Disk/ Hard disk setup

Check setting are correct for what you installed then Initialise

[leeboy1]

Hi aabs,

i keep getting, error message, unable to inilize harddisk...mount failed?

Lee

EDIT... i mounted the HDD via telnet, is there a way i can transfer my movies off my pc onto my DM HDD? ive tried just dragging them over, i see them in the hdd but when they play i hear sound but scambled video?

Thanks

[leeboy1]

Although drive is mounted an plays what i record any films i put ino the HDD folder in dreambox wont play, only sound, it still wont initlize (fails on mkfs file) i think this is the problem ?

Anyone help me out with this one guys ?? the little lad wants to watch all his baby programs ive promised him and his mum !

Lee :redface: