You say they were nonEIDE drives but looking up that part number they show as EIDE drives?
Seagate Barracuda ST3120022A 120GB Hard Drive
(EIDE ATA-100, 7200 RPM, 8MB)
Is that the correct part number? Want to be sure before I go plunk down $350
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Originally Posted by jawzzz
Well, I just wanted to followup and pass on my experience successfuly upgrading a SNAP 4000 server. I had nothing but problems with the first Western Digital EIDE drives I tried. I RMA'd them back to the vendor in exchange for 120GB IDE (non-EIDE) Seagate drives (model# ST3120022A). I installed all four drives in Cable Select mode and to my suprise and relief the were immediatly recognized and formated.
There were no problems with the OS or any data on the HDD's. The OS on the 4000's seem to be completely in ROM, and I've got tape backups (and my old drives) to restore my data from.
Total cost to upgrade from 120GB to 480GB: $432. I'd say it's worth it.
Good luck to all of you.
Jawzzz
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