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Subject: RE: new hard drive with large buffer

RE: new hard drive with large buffer

From: Matias Orchard <m_at_dot2day.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 22:17:56 -0500

thanks man. I hadn't thought of the speed/battery consumption issue. I'll
look for another one then.

useless disk buffer.... grrr...... ;-)


cheers,

Matias O
m_at_dot2day.com

: -----Original Message-----
: From: Björn Stenberg [mailto:bjorn_at_haxx.se]
: Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:47 AM
: To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
: Subject: Re: new hard drive with large buffer
:
:
: Matias Orchard wrote:
: > will this hard drive work?
:
: Probably, but it will drain your batteries faster since it's
: spinning at 5400rpm instead of the normal 4200rpm.
:
: > what do you think would be the consequences of having a 16
: MB buffer
: > in it?
:
: None whatsoever. The drive buffer is cleared when the disk spins down.
:
: --
: Björn
:
Received on 2003-02-28

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