A hard drive and a wireless router
06-08-2009, 12:51
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
have a look at the case see how it opens
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06-08-2009, 12:54
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iomega-Ultra...559311&sr=1-11)
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four philips screws on the bottom, it seems.
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06-08-2009, 12:55
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
there you go then simples unplug it all and have a look inside. The new enclosure will pretty much go together the same way as this comes apart
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06-08-2009, 13:06
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
so if it's not sata is it ide?
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06-08-2009, 13:23
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
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so if it's not sata is it ide?
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It will be one or the other. It should be simple to tell. If the data cable plugged into the back of the drive is 80 wires wide it's IDE. If it's a skinny cable about 1cm wide it's SATA.
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06-08-2009, 13:30
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
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If the data cable plugged into the back of the drive is 80 wires wide it's IDE.
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Do I have to count them?
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06-08-2009, 13:37
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
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Do I have to count them?
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LOL, if you run out of fingers it's IDE...
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06-08-2009, 13:45
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
Ok, slightly baffled, only 79...
No, seriously, it's a red cable, flat but not actually thin (if that makes sense - it's not thin like a ribbon cable), about 7.5 mm wide. Given the price (I paid about £90 for it) I would have expected it not to be SATA - so am I looking at 80 wires all bundled in together?
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06-08-2009, 14:08
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
sounds like a sata cable to me I take it there is a power connection too a wider plug but similar to the smaller cable
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06-08-2009, 14:45
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
What about a combined NAS / Router - such as this - plug the USB drive into the router and let the router share the disk on the network.
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06-08-2009, 14:49
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
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Originally Posted by ngazidja
Ok, slightly baffled, only 79...
No, seriously, it's a red cable, flat but not actually thin (if that makes sense - it's not thin like a ribbon cable), about 7.5 mm wide. Given the price (I paid about £90 for it) I would have expected it not to be SATA - so am I looking at 80 wires all bundled in together?
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You have 79 fingers?!!
Seriously, sounds like SATA to me as well.
http://www.cooldrives.com/18seatsaiiul.html
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06-08-2009, 15:00
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
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Yup, that's the one. I won't wonder how I seem to have bought a SATA drive for the price of a non-SATA drive...
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What about a combined NAS / Router - such as this - plug the USB drive into the router and let the router share the disk on the network.
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Wow, sounds perfect - and I can plug in a printer, too. So what's the catch?
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06-08-2009, 15:38
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
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Originally Posted by ngazidja
Yup, that's the one. I won't wonder how I seem to have bought a SATA drive for the price of a non-SATA drive...
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Wow, sounds perfect - and I can plug in a printer, too. So what's the catch?
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It seems to have some mixed reviews but there are other makes out there. But it is designed to fit a niche market which you want to make use of!
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10-08-2009, 00:05
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
But USB is a crap way of sharing a drive.
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10-08-2009, 09:25
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Re: A hard drive and a wireless router
Ah, no firewire... But there must be firewire versions, no?
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