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Offline micmom

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Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« on: July 27, 2005, 04:59:51 pm »
Could someone recommend an 80gb that can be used to upgrade the DMS? Make/model# if possible.
Or is any 2.5" drive suitable?

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2005, 05:06:03 pm »
Any drive you can squeeze into the DMS.. so 9mm or 2.5 inch drive will do.

Make sure you remove the jumpers so its set to MASTER before you do it.

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2005, 06:12:53 pm »
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Could someone recommend an 80gb that can be used to upgrade the DMS? Make/model# if possible.
Or is any 2.5" drive suitable?

I have a few generic suggestions:
1) You don't need speed - a 4200 RPM drive is fine.
2) If you use the same brand as your existing DMS drive (you'll need to open it and look), you may be able to re-use the rubber shock bumpers that PhatNoise puts on the top and bottom of the drive.
3) Other than that, shop on specs (temperature and shock resistance) and price.

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2005, 01:03:56 am »
Need help.

This may sound like a stupid question but I'm a little hesitant with the DMS cartridge.

How the hell do you open one... !!!!!

I've taken the four screws out but it seems
secured somewhere in the middle of the cartridge.

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2005, 01:30:32 am »
http://wiki.phathack.com/DMS_drive_swap

There are only 4 screws... just pull it apart.

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2005, 05:06:14 am »
Okay... Got the bloody thing apart..

For those who care ->

There are two clips on the edge halfway up the   cartridge that hold it together...  
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|              *  CLip   |
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Offline A543

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2005, 11:55:27 am »
The DMS rev B's have those extra clips. The earlier ones do not.

Offline GaryMorris

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2005, 07:25:42 pm »
All: If you check the Seagate website, you will see
listed the new "EE25 Series for Automotive" quote:

"The EE25 Series disc drive is Seagate's first drive designed specifically to meet the needs of the global automotive industry and other "extreme environment" applications. EE25 Series is targeted at automobile OEMs and their system manufacturers as well as to ruggedized mobile computing and industrial PC applications. High capacity 20 and 40 GB capacity points will deliver massive storage for bringing DVD-free GPS and high-quality AV entertainment services to the car. Most importantly, the EE25 Series will provide the industry's most extreme environmental robustness to enable the continued transformation of the car into an extension of the terabyte lifestyle.

Extended operating temperatures will enable the EE25 Series to reliably deliver digital information whether in Scandinavia or Singapore. The world's first hard drive with extreme environmental resistance that can operate in temperatures from -30 to 85 degrees C and in high-humidity and high-altitude environments, the EE25 Series resists conditions that would cause lesser drives to freeze up, overheat, and fail in the mission of delivering new digital services to the automobile. Similarly, the drive's increased resistance to operating vibration of up to 2.2 Gs withstands the constant vibration of automobile operation while streaming navigation, entertainment and data services

GaryM

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2005, 07:47:08 pm »
I just bought a 100gb Seagate 2.5" notebook. The model number is something like: 9100823A
todd1010 AT gmail DOT com

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2005, 12:20:29 am »
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All: If you check the Seagate website, you will see
listed the new "EE25 Series for Automotive"


There also don't appear to be any models available now.



« Last Edit: July 29, 2005, 12:27:35 am by judb »

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2005, 02:24:39 am »
link to the specsheet on those Seagate EE25 drives:

http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/marketing/PO-EE25.pdf

too bad they only go up to 40GB

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Re: Which HDD to use for upgrade?
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2005, 12:07:29 am »
Samsung 80gb is about $80 at Newegg.