IBM 180GXP Hard Drives

[dknystud23]

Anyone know if this is serial ata or atat 133 it doesn't say??????????

 

[Napoleon]

Here are <A HREF="http://www-3.ibm.com/storage/hdd/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/CF02BAB6EA8E3B7F87256C16006B1CFA" target="_new">180GXP specs</A>. It says <A HREF="http://www.seagate.com/training/ata/unit1/mt2p9.html" target="_new">ATA-6</A>, which translates to ATA100. I think ATA133 drives still are proprietary Maxtor stuff that's not included in any official ATA spec. I'm under the impression that other HD manufacturers would have to pay royalties to Maxtor if they used ATA133.

<i>Are</i> there any non-Maxtor ATA133 drives out there?


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[dhlucke]

It's proprietary and they have to pay. I don't think others are using ATA133, and I doubt any will.

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[ddarby]

ATA 6 is equal to ATA-133 same as Maxtor Drives.

 

[Napoleon]

Not so according to Seagate. Check this out: <A HREF="http://www.seagate.com/training/ata/unit1/mt2p8a.html" target="_new">http://www.seagate.com/training/ata/unit1/mt2p8a.html</A>. The naming conventions seem to be quite confusing. There are UDMA 2-5 (I suppose UDMA6 is equivalent to Maxtor's 133MB/s thing), and ATA specs 1-6.


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