160Gb Sky + hard drive

Guys

has anyone successfully got a 160 Gb hard drive working in a version 1 sky +
box ???

if so which one.....ie make and model number ???


thanks

Hi,

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wrote:
has anyone successfully got a 160 Gb hard drive working in a version 1 sky +
box ???

if so which one.....ie make and model number ???

I think the BIOS (or some component at least) will only support up to 120
Gig.

Andy

"SJC" wrote in message ...
Guys

has anyone successfully got a 160 Gb hard drive working in a version 1 sky +
box ???

I have no idea, but a word of advice. Make very sure that you get confirmation
from a reliable source (preferably more than one) before trying it. I say this
because most (all?) early IDE interfaces (that's the inteface to the drive) have a
limitation that they can only address the first 128GB of the drive. I did read
a while back on some Sky+ upgrade pages that 128GB drives seemed to
work but once the system filled up and tried to write beyond the 128th GB
on the drive, the Sky+ locked up completely and a total reset (including
re-initializing the drive) was required to get it back.

I'm not prentending to be an expert, but I offer the above just as a word of
caution to check your facts very carefully. If someone says they got a 160GB
drive working, check that they filled it full and the Sky+ box stayed alive.

- Julian

P.S. I just noticed you said version 1 of the Sky+ box. That makes it all the
more likely that you probably have an old IDE implementation.

Julian wrote:

Make very sure that you get confirmation
from a reliable source (preferably more than one) before trying it. .....I did read
a while back on some Sky+ upgrade pages that 128GB drives seemed to
work but once the system filled up and tried to write beyond the 128th GB
on the drive, the Sky+ locked up completely and a total reset (including
re-initializing the drive) was required to get it back.

Yes. I would also want to see confirmation from several people that
such a drive was working properly before buying one.

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