Type of HDD in various sky sat boxes?

Kagor1 · 01-07-2012, 09:51

Hello

There are lots of secondhand Sky Sat boxes available. While they might not be able to record TV programs the HDD is ok. Has anyone a list of what type of HDD's are fitted to the various sky model numbers available please?

I'm looking for ideally an IDE 500Gb drive but a 250Gb would do (I have several 500Gb SATAs but they are the wrong type). Which sky boxes have IDE drives fitted.

Thanks

Brian

GeoffW · 12-09-2012, 17:00

I think the IDE drives were in the earlier Sky+ models (with the white front) and the hard disks would have been a lot smaller.

Mine was 80GB.

Tezcatlipoca · 12-09-2012, 20:21

Yeah, I think it's a long time since they used IDE.

My old Thomson Sky+HD box (very first model from 2007) used SATA.

13-09-2012, 11:17

Our Sky+ (about 2009) IIRC had a Western Digital Green 320Gb SATA. It's now the secondary drive in another PC for storage.

13-09-2012, 12:00

why not get a sata to ide bridge cost a few quid on Ebay make sure you get one that goes the right way

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-in-1-IDE...#ht_2533wt_906