*** Important HDD information for IPbox ***

Can all the members who are using an internal HDD please post there information about them , as the compatibility issue is outdated now, and it will be very usefull information for all of us.

Please post Info like.

example here :

Manufacturer - Seagate, Samsung,Western Digital ?
Model - number SE1020HDD if possible. ?
Size of Drive - 2.5" , 3.5" ?
Capacity - 160gb, 250gb, 500gb ?
Speed in RPM - 5400, 7200.?
Does it work 100% ? Yes /No. ?

Any useful other information about how it worked.

Thanks in Advance

Here is my personal Findings

1st drive
Seagate Barracuda
160gb
7200 rpm
SATA 1.0
3.5"

This was my first drive, it was picked up right away by my ipbox 9000HD, everything works fine except it wont seem to Run E2 from it, recordings and everything else were fine , but i think it gets too hot and interferes with the loading of E2 ( it installed ok, just wont run.

My 2nd Drive
Western Digital Scorpio
Model - WD2500BEVT
250gb
5400 rpm, 8mb
SATA 300
2.5"
This drive was a waste of money , the IPbox does not like it at all, i tried formating on PC e.t.c first but it still dont detect it, so this drive is definetly a NO-NO.


I found an old Seagate drive
80gb
5400 rpm
SATA 1.0
3.5"
this worked first time, even installed E2 and it booted first time, only problem though it is about 10 year old so gets very hot and interferes with the picture ( gets very pixelated after about 30 mins )

P.S. i will update model numbers as soon as i can.
I just hope the information from this thread can be very helpful.

just got an
Samsung 250GB 2.5" Hard Drive 5400rpm 8MB Cache - OEM

works fine, now