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Title: does anyone has tried with a ultra ata hdd?
Post by: rokeke on January 12, 2012, 09:08:43 AM

Hi,

I know that the DNS-320 is only for SATA hdd but is possible to conect an ultra ATA with an IDE to SATA adapter?

I´m going to try it with a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 160 GB ST3160215A.

Regards!

Title: Re: does anyone has tried with a ultra ata hdd?
Post by: BlackBishop64 on January 12, 2012, 09:23:40 AM

I've never tried but I think is quite difficult because you need room for the parallel cable and the power connector. Let us know about your try

Title: Re: does anyone has tried with a ultra ata hdd?
Post by: Teaser on January 15, 2012, 11:51:54 AM

While it should work in theory, is it really worth it for an extra 160GB?

If you're lucky enough to manage to fit it and close the lid, you'll have a drive in there that sucks a hell of a lot more juice than recent models, makes more noise and generates a heck of a lot more heat!
My temporary 320GB Seagate sata drive is 10 degrees C hotter than my Spinpoint F4 when idling. For the extra space, it just doesn't seem worthwhile keeping it!

Then again, I guess now is a pretty terrible time to think about replacing it with a newer model, so no harm in giving it a try!