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More info?)
I recently installed a 250 Gig HD with no problems.
You didn't mention what O.S. your using.
On Mon, 02 May 2005 14:21:35 GMT, "Pseud O. Nym"
<pon@blurry-vision.com> wrote:
>jy <lochbroom@hotmail.com> wrote in
>news:b4ba71h1167d5v656cd8jqd5to2e9e91sd@4ax.com:
>
>> I wonder if there is any limit on the size of a HDD for this MB. I
>> would like to install a 160 G?
>>
>> Thanks...John
>
>+++++++++
>
>My C-drive is 20-Gig. My D-drive is 80-Gig. In addition I have three
>160-Gig drives on my A7N8X system. The 160-Gig drives are all connected
>via USB-2 so that they can be moved between different computers and
>powered off or unplugged when desired.
>
>It is a little slower to use USB but the advantages outweigh the
>disadvantages in my situation.
>
>About the only time I notice any speed problems is when I copy a large
>volume of data from one USB drive to another USB drive .... such as
>when unzipping a huge file. I can even capture live TV video to DVD
>compliant MPEG2 video in real time and I only see the light on the USB
>drive blink very briefly once every 5 or 10 seconds or so. And this is
>when I am using a Hauppauge WinTV PVR2 capture device which is also
>using the USB interface to capture with while I am using a USB WiFi
>connection on my cable internet connection.
>
>I have my mouse and WiFi internet connection hooked thru a USB-1
>connections and cabling because I ran a series of tests and I saw
>no problems with speed and I had a surplus of USB-1 stuff lying around
>taking up space. My Cable internet connection benchmarks at exactly the
>same speed whether I am using USB-1, USB-2 or a Cat-5 cable direct
>hookup.
>
>I know I haven't answered your exact question but maybe it will give
>you something else to think about.
>
> PON
>
>
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