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From: Yousuf Khan on 23 Apr 2008 02:00 Would enterprise SATA drives like Seagate Barracuda ES.2 work in a desktop PC? I am assuming there's no difference physically, i.e. SATA data and power connectors are identical between desktop and server environments. Yousuf Khan
From: Rod Speed on 23 Apr 2008 03:20 Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Would enterprise SATA drives like Seagate Barracuda ES.2 work in a desktop PC? Yep. > I am assuming there's no difference physically, i.e. SATA data and power connectors are identical between desktop and > server environments. Yep.
From: Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) on 23 Apr 2008 03:49 >> Would enterprise SATA drives like Seagate Barracuda ES.2 work in a desktop PC? > Yep. What are the spec of these Seagate ES.2 drives? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.10) Linux 2.6.25 ^ ^ 15:48:02 up 2 days 22:54 2 users load average: 1.16 1.08 1.03 �� �� (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa/
From: Yousuf Khan on 23 Apr 2008 10:35 Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote: >>> Would enterprise SATA drives like Seagate Barracuda ES.2 work in a desktop PC? >> Yep. > > What are the spec of these Seagate ES.2 drives? > The model I have in mind is a 1TB/7200rpm model. Yousuf Khan
From: Yousuf Khan on 23 Apr 2008 10:37
Roger Blake wrote: > In article <480ed063$1(a)news.bnb-lp.com>, Yousuf Khan wrote: >> Would enterprise SATA drives like Seagate Barracuda ES.2 work in a >> desktop PC? > > No. The firmware in the drive will inspect your computer and the > drive will refuse to spin up if it finds that it is in a desktop PC > rather than a server. Are you kidding? Yousuf Khan |