Post by: Xtrem on June 09, 2005, 07:46:00 AM
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MS's Xbox 360 is set to use hard drive technology from Seagate, with the company announcing that its new LD25 2.5" discs are to be used as the removable drives for the console. So, now that question is answered, maybe the modding community can get a head start eh?
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Post by: whet1134 on June 09, 2005, 08:13:00 AM
Post by: jayda on June 09, 2005, 08:14:00 AM
but on that note. it dose piss me off when they do just been so lazzy copy and paste.
Post by: Xtrem on June 09, 2005, 08:27:00 AM
QUOTE(jayda @ Jun 9 2005, 11:25 AM)
it dose piss me off when they do just been so lazzy copy and paste.
You Have Some Serious Probs... Ohhh Yes You Are An Ass... Why Did I Copy And Paste It ¿ So That Everyone Can Express There Opinion. So Next Time STFU ! Get It ¿
Post by: twistedsymphony on June 09, 2005, 08:41:00 AM
I have about 5 or 6 WD Caviar drives and none of them have given me any problems, 8MB Cache, quiet, and reliable, not to mention priced well... they're just great drives in my experience.
Post by: Xtrem on June 09, 2005, 08:46:00 AM
QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Jun 9 2005, 11:52 AM)
Personally I like my Western Digitals
Yup Be To For PC Or Box.
Post by: Ozy on June 09, 2005, 09:00:00 AM
Post by: lostboyz on June 09, 2005, 10:05:00 AM
Post by: Achtung on June 09, 2005, 01:00:00 PM
Post by: RocafellaSqualie on June 09, 2005, 01:18:00 PM
I have a Maxtor & WD in my PC now and the Maxtor gets loud when doing heavy tasks like archiving files. My WD is a little more quiet but you can still hear it when doing heavy tasks
Post by: thebroken on June 09, 2005, 01:29:00 PM
Post by: MickRaider on June 09, 2005, 01:31:00 PM
QUOTE(draken333 @ Jun 9 2005, 03:33 PM)
So does this mean our 20GB HD that is installed in the 360 is maybe gonna be a SATA drive? Then maybe if we can upgrade the drive ourself we can use a SATA drive.
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: Twasi on June 09, 2005, 05:17:00 PM
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I prefer Western digital, they are great quality and pretty cheap. on sale you can get them for less than a quarter a gig (around 21 cents), The 200gig in my Box is so quiet I never hear it. I've never used a seagate but alot of people do so I guess they are relatively good also. Most likely it will be modded on time or another and I'll be switching it out for a larger one so it doesn't matter.
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: CattyKid on June 09, 2005, 06:19:00 PM
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I don't really have any experience with Seagate, but I know that I love my Maxtor 160 in my, well, "computer(XBox)."
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: mrjkwik on June 10, 2005, 01:51:00 AM
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more info.
capacities 20 and 40 gb
interface pata and sata
speed 5400rpm
cache 2mb
additional features:
compatiblity:
link to that info here
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: Jibberish18 on June 10, 2005, 12:53:00 PM
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That has nothing to do with Seagate or any brand for that matter. When a HD actually gives you so much data when the box says another amount it's because of the way a Gigabyte is technically counted. Me and you think a Gigabyte is actually 1000MB's but in reality it's not. So added that a couple of hundred times when you're dealing with 200 Gigabytes or whatnot and you get a big decrease in space. My Western Digital was like this and so was my Samsung.
And BTW it's useless trying to figure out what HD is the best. Go to www.newegg.com and you'll see that a million people have a million different opinions about different brands of HD. Seagate for all the people who are talking smack are found in MANY computers as OEM equipment because they're reliable.
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: CattyKid on June 11, 2005, 01:15:00 PM
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Post by: Twasi on June 09, 2005, 05:17:00 PM
Post by: CattyKid on June 09, 2005, 06:19:00 PM
Post by: mrjkwik on June 10, 2005, 01:51:00 AM
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LD25 Series - for gaming systems, home entertainment devices and small-footprint PCs
Seagate's new LD25 Series is the first consumer electronics hard drive in a compact, 2.5-inch form factor - an entirely new concept for inside-the-box CE storage that enables smaller, simpler, cooler-running and more cost-effective game consoles, home entertainment devices and small footprint media PCs. Seagate's industry leading DynaPlay technology optimizes the drive for media streaming, power consumption and content security.
LD25 Series makes it possible for game consoles like the Xbox 360 to expand their capabilities far beyond traditional gaming - to enable them to expand and keep new soundtracks for games, to rip and store entire libraries of music and video, and to play back multimedia centralizing other entertainment functions with the gaming function.
With the increasing popularity of PC systems based on clever design and Mini-ITX mainboards, small footprint PCs and PC media centers are becoming a very visible - or perhaps a less visible - part of the home entertainment and information network. The LD25 Series' unique combination of small size and media-focused design will further promote and enable these new, creative designs. Based on Seagate's industry-leading technology platforms, the LD25 Series offers 20GB, 30GB and 40GB capacities and both PATA and SATA interfaces, is designed specifically for use in installed home entertainment applications, and features Seagate's patented SoftSonic fluid dynamic bearing motors for super-quiet operation and high reliability. LD25 Series is shipping now to the MS Xbox 360 and to other consumer electronics customers and manufacturers of small-footprint PCs.
"The hard drive extends the gaming experience on Xbox 360," said Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president, Xbox hardware. "From downloading trailers, new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, and more to supporting custom playlists in every game and storing video messages from friends, Seagate's LD25 Series 2.5-inch hard drive brings gaming and digital media together for the ultimate entertainment experience."
Seagate's new LD25 Series is the first consumer electronics hard drive in a compact, 2.5-inch form factor - an entirely new concept for inside-the-box CE storage that enables smaller, simpler, cooler-running and more cost-effective game consoles, home entertainment devices and small footprint media PCs. Seagate's industry leading DynaPlay technology optimizes the drive for media streaming, power consumption and content security.
LD25 Series makes it possible for game consoles like the Xbox 360 to expand their capabilities far beyond traditional gaming - to enable them to expand and keep new soundtracks for games, to rip and store entire libraries of music and video, and to play back multimedia centralizing other entertainment functions with the gaming function.
With the increasing popularity of PC systems based on clever design and Mini-ITX mainboards, small footprint PCs and PC media centers are becoming a very visible - or perhaps a less visible - part of the home entertainment and information network. The LD25 Series' unique combination of small size and media-focused design will further promote and enable these new, creative designs. Based on Seagate's industry-leading technology platforms, the LD25 Series offers 20GB, 30GB and 40GB capacities and both PATA and SATA interfaces, is designed specifically for use in installed home entertainment applications, and features Seagate's patented SoftSonic fluid dynamic bearing motors for super-quiet operation and high reliability. LD25 Series is shipping now to the MS Xbox 360 and to other consumer electronics customers and manufacturers of small-footprint PCs.
"The hard drive extends the gaming experience on Xbox 360," said Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president, Xbox hardware. "From downloading trailers, new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, and more to supporting custom playlists in every game and storing video messages from friends, Seagate's LD25 Series 2.5-inch hard drive brings gaming and digital media together for the ultimate entertainment experience."
more info.
capacities 20 and 40 gb
interface pata and sata
speed 5400rpm
cache 2mb
additional features:
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backward compatible with chipsets using legacy dma modes
thin sata cables and small connector add to space saving abilities of ld25 series
thin sata cables and small connector add to space saving abilities of ld25 series
compatiblity:
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ld25 series is compatible with systems interfacing with standard parallel and serial ata devices. it is also compatible with legacy dma and pio modes uses by loc-cost motherboards.
link to that info here
Post by: Jibberish18 on June 10, 2005, 12:53:00 PM
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Seagate hey. Does that mean that we only get 19.5Gb because of the way seagate work it out?
That has nothing to do with Seagate or any brand for that matter. When a HD actually gives you so much data when the box says another amount it's because of the way a Gigabyte is technically counted. Me and you think a Gigabyte is actually 1000MB's but in reality it's not. So added that a couple of hundred times when you're dealing with 200 Gigabytes or whatnot and you get a big decrease in space. My Western Digital was like this and so was my Samsung.
And BTW it's useless trying to figure out what HD is the best. Go to www.newegg.com and you'll see that a million people have a million different opinions about different brands of HD. Seagate for all the people who are talking smack are found in MANY computers as OEM equipment because they're reliable.
Post by: CattyKid on June 11, 2005, 01:15:00 PM
QUOTE(Jibberish18 @ Jun 10 2005, 04:04 PM)
That has nothing to do with Seagate or any brand for that matter. When a HD actually gives you so much data when the box says another amount it's because of the way a Gigabyte is technically counted. Me and you think a Gigabyte is actually 1000MB's but in reality it's not. So added that a couple of hundred times when you're dealing with 200 Gigabytes or whatnot and you get a big decrease in space. My Western Digital was like this and so was my Samsung.
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: incognegro on June 11, 2005, 03:51:00 PM
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Since MS plans to increase the size later on then, there is no limit to the size bios will recognise
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Title: Xbox360 To Use Seagate Hard Drive
Post by: twistedsymphony on June 13, 2005, 12:39:00 PM
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Post by: incognegro on June 11, 2005, 03:51:00 PM
Post by: twistedsymphony on June 13, 2005, 12:39:00 PM
QUOTE(CattyKid @ Jun 11 2005, 03:26 PM)
Gigabyte=1024 Megabytes. This space is "lost" due to partitioning and formatting.