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Old August 18th, 2005, 09:32 AM
bdayton bdayton is offline
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Originally Posted by G-Force
Its a compaq presario sr1420nx 2.93 celeron 512mb pc2700 ram,
and 80GB HD(samsung sp0802n.)
You got yourself a top-of-the-line HD using the newer Serial ATA (7 lines including ground) data cable sporting MUCH higher data transfer rates than is possible with the older parallel ATA. I read Samsungs short white paper on the drive and they report no compatability problems and, it is stated to be ATA S.M.A.R.T. compliant. (Which means that it SHOULD work with HDDLIFE).

However, I note that both USB and FireWire use reduced numbers of wires, (Never botherd to count them), and HDDLIFE will not work with these. Unless somebody else has a drive of this type that is working with HDDLIFE, my best guess would be that HDDLIFE will not work with your drive for the same reason.

Only the folks at hddlife.com can tell you for sure.
I thought I could be more help. Sorry.
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