NOT WANTED NOW: 7200.9 series IDE hard drive (NEW or nearly)

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:59 pm

Hi,

If anyone is wanting to dispose of a NEW or nearly NEW 7200.9 series ATA/100 / IDE type hard drive, with a capacity of anywhere from 20Gb upto 80Gb and prefereably Seagate brand, then please let me know.

(I have a Linux server project underway that requires one of these type drives, so that we can see why the existing firmware and kernel don't recognise them....!)

(There were two on eBay over the last day or so and some other b*gger outbid me on both of them :evil: )

Obviously, a fair price will be paid, depending on condition (and this is for my own use - and has nothing to do with UBT).

regards

Tim

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:21 pm

What are you looking to pay Tim, as you could get a new 40Gb Barracuda 7200.9 for a little over £20. Or for £10 more an 80Gb.

Gary.

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:58 pm

Rockinfroggi wrote:What are you looking to pay Tim, as you could get a new 40Gb Barracuda 7200.9 for a little over £20. Or for £10 more an 80Gb.

Gary.

Hi Gary,

The real answer is: "as little as I can".
Reason: The drive will not be put into "service" as I just need to see that the drive electronics are recognised by the firmware.

BUT. The drive needs to be "good" (i.e. not defective) as it'll need the OS to be installed on it, so that I can see that the firmware is actually controlling the drive properly....

So, where have you seen them for £20 :?: I've been looking (not too hard tho') for the last month or so - but some of the online people are charging upto £10 for delivery, which is a bit much, on top of the cost of the drive as well (and then VAT on top !).

Of course, in the end, if it's a good supplier, I might just end up buying for my own spare's use, but the existing firmware will not allow a drive over 137Gb, so the top limit is 120Gb.....

But I'm already running 300GB HDD's in my desktop machines.....so, spending more on a 120Gb is a bit wasteful...

regards,

Tim

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:05 pm

I've never used the first one so don't know their charges. But Dabs I've used many times and with the bog standard delivery I think they say 3 to 5 days but more often than not I've had it the next day.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... 15&_LOC=UK

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Qu ... 0000,50410

Sorry about the size of the links, hope they are of use.

Gary.

UBT - PaulT · Post by **UBT - PaulT** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:16 pm

80gb one here for £28 (add about £5 for 3 day postage)

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=605449

Don't know if it will help solve the problem you mention but I've got a 160gb Barracuda in my box that requires kernel 2.4.16 or better

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:21 pm

UBT - PaulT wrote:80gb one here for £28 (add about £5 for 3 day postage)

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=605449

Don't know if it will help solve the problem you mention but I've got a 160gb Barracuda in my box that requires kernel 2.4.16 or better

Hi Paul,

The kernel isn't a problem as we're at 2.6.16.

It seems to be an incompatibility between the IDE chipset (Aladdin 1541 @ ATA33) and the so-called backwards compatability of Seagate's ATA100 7200.9 drives. The 7200.7's are OK, but not the 7200.9's.

So, the need is so we can experiment....and then get our hardware guru to investigate and see if we can either tweak the firmware or else maybe find another solution.

regards

Tim

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:29 pm

I have used dabs.com a couple of times are very good and speedy delivery

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:32 pm

Rockinfroggi wrote:I've never used the first one so don't know their charges. But Dabs I've used many times and with the bog standard delivery I think they say 3 to 5 days but more often than not I've had it the next day.......

Hi Gary,

OK ebuyer is:

40Gb Drive: 20.87
Shipping Band: 4.74
Shipping Surcharge: 4.00
Subtotal: 29.61
VAT: 5.19
Total: £34.80

OUCH !

Dabs is

80Gb Drive: 29.85
Delivery: 6.00
Total: £35.85

Also a bit "OUCH-ish" !

regards,

Tim

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:50 pm

UBT - Timbo wrote:Hi Gary,

OK ebuyer is:

40Gb Drive: 20.87
Shipping Band: 4.74
Shipping Surcharge: 4.00
Subtotal: 29.61
VAT: 5.19
Total: £34.80

OUCH !

Dabs is

80Gb Drive: 29.85
Delivery: 6.00
Total: £35.85

Also a bit "OUCH-ish" !

regards,

Tim

Yeah, it soon adds up I guess, I'm sure I only paid about £4 delivery the last time

Gary.

Timby · Post by **Timby** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:14 pm

Hi Timbo, may be of some interest?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ?SG-71P802

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:54 pm

Timby wrote:Hi Timbo, may be of some interest?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ?SG-71P802

Hi,

Thanks for that:

Hmmm.....
Total Cost of Goods £24.61
Delivery Charge £4.99
VAT (17.5%) £5.18
TOTAL AMOUNT PAYABLE (inclusive of VAT) £34.78

HOWEVER: I just got a 2nd chance offer on one of the eBay auctions I lost out on......

1x NEW Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 40GB Ultra ATA/100 3.5" HDD

Price £14.85
P&P: £4.99

Total: £19.84

SORTED !!

The Lord moves in mysterious ways - in over 250 auctions, I think this is the 1st time I ever got a 2nd chance offer !!

regards

Tim