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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Rockbox Digest, Vol 11, Issue 16RE: Rockbox Digest, Vol 11, Issue 16
From: j c <johner81_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:35:51 +0000 (GMT) i replaced the hitach drive in my JBR20V1 with an 80 gig Hitachi travelstar. had no probs & it was a bit quieter too. i don't know how it compares to other drives as far as quietness goes tho. jc --- Stuart Tedford <stuart.tedford_at_piresearch.co.uk> wrote: > > (typically 0.3watts more). > > > I have used a Toshiba MK6022GAX and it would stop > working when the battery > level got down to about 4.59V. My new Fujitsu > MHU2100AT works fine right > down to 4.40V. Which means about a couple of hours > extra use. I also got a > slight spinup noise through the earphones with the > toshiba, whereas no noise > on the Fujitsu. > > The toshibas were fitted as a temporary measure as I > knew I was going to > need them for future laptops, where the 16MB cache > and 5400rpm speed were > required. For a permanent mp3 player HDD, a 4200 > drive is much better. > > Also, toshibas don't keep their power management > settings between resets, > this means they will never spindown when connected > to USB - even if you > don't access them, which is really quite crap. I'd > go for a Travelstar or > Fujitsu over a Toshiba every time. > > Hope this helps. > > Stu. > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-12-13 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |