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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 22:27:32 GMT, cquirke@iafrica.com (Chris Quirke)
wrote:

>Bob Goddard <Bob@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>In article <66bqev$fom@mtinsc03.worldnet.att.net>, Midgard
>
>>>The known Seagate hard drive
>>>models have Arizona interface chip are:
>
>>>ST31276A ST32531A ST33240A ST31720A 
>
>>>My two-year old Seagate model # ends in an 'A' (ST-3851A) 
>
>>Don't worry about the "A" - that's just Seagate's way of telling you
>>it's an IDE drive.
>
>Yup.  Worry instead about the xxx1 part; according to Seagate, unless
>that's the 6.4G ST-xxx1A, it's going to bomb on TX, as will any
>ST-xxx0A model number.  New ST-xxx2A's are OK for TX, but many still
>look suspiciously like the old Conner bottom-feeders.

As the originator of this thread, let me once and for all put a stake
through it's heart.  I contacted *both* the maufacturer of the TX
motherboard I'm buying (Shuttle HOT-569) & Seagate and they informed
me that there should be no problem using the ST-3851A with an Intel
430TX chipset.  :�

Best,
Midgard

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