C64MidRezzie Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Hi - I ordered a Star Tech IDE to SATA connector and have a spare 500GB SATA drive - will the IDE cable in the xbox work as it is a 500GB drive or will I need to invest in a 80 Pin cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Yes, I have used a standard cable in the past but you will get less delay and it will not just hang there which you get with some hdd SATA drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted June 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, Ging3rguy said: Yes, I have used a standard cable in the past but you will get less delay and it will not just hang there which you get with some hdd SATA drives. Can I use any SATA hard drive and I found a 80Pin IDE Cable in an old Dell Pentium Optiplex PC - so hopefully that will work or am I better off buying a new fresh cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ging3rguy Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Some work better than others use this website for a list of what works. http://xboxdrives.x-pec.com/?p=list just check the connections are the right way around on the ide cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted June 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Hi - thanks my 500Gb SATA drive isn’t listed at all - I took it from s Sky+ box - the model is Samsung ST3500312CS - anyone any experience with this drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicaldave Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, C64MidRezzie said: Hi - thanks my 500Gb SATA drive isn’t listed at all - I took it from s Sky+ box - the model is Samsung ST3500312CS - anyone any experience with this drive? No, but compatibility issues mostly arise from drives that can’t be locked. This is actually part of the SATA specification, so I’m not aware of any SATA drives with this issue. If you TSOP/chip this is a moot point anyway as the drive doesn’t need to be locked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C64MidRezzie Posted June 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Brill - that’s really helpful - thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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