Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset

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From: Alastair Wethers
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00

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In article <7PsxwGAnIUi0Ew+p@siii.demon.co.uk>, Simon Barfield
<qed@siii.demon.co.uk> writes
>dear all,
>        there's a problem with *some* seagate hd's in that they need 5v
>to run and the tx board only supplies 3.3v (or something) on the ide
>pinouts..(intel changed it without telling anybody)..

        The problem is not with the general running of the hd, as any
make and model will run perfectly ok with the tx chipset.  The problem
appears when formating the disk.  

        The standard under the old chipsets was a 5v format, however the
tx chipset will only format at 3.3v.  Therefore the incompatability with
some hd's.

        I cannot remember where the list is either, but I know that very
few companies are acknowledgeing this problem. Most are just ignoring
this incompatability, thus it is really trial and error as to if a disk
is compatable or not.  Of course this could prove to be very expensive
for some people.  However I think that all new models over the last
couple of months should not have this problem.

-- 
Alastair Wethers

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From: Alastair Wethers <al@moondog.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Incompatibility issues with Seagate hard disks & the TX chipset
Date: 1997/12/06
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