Jake's computer troubles

Jakethefox · Nov 5, 2008

Both hard drives crashed hard today, my computer is K.I.A. X.X
if anyone wants to donate a hard drive to me, I'll pay 20$ per 80G hard disk, I need 2, meaning, I'll pay 40 for a 80 or 160.

EmmEmmThree · Nov 5, 2008

$20 for an 80GB hard drive?

dogboy · Nov 5, 2008

My old computer crashed several weeks ago, and I think it was hard drive, so me sending mine to you wouldn't help very much. It was time for me to upgrade anyway, so I went out and sprang for a duel core. Of course it came with a curse, the Vista curse! Now my wi fi won't hook up, and they say they have no intention of developing upgrades at this time, or as Cartman would say....sonofabitch!

EmmEmmThree · Nov 5, 2008

Step into the world of Linux.

ballucanb · Nov 5, 2008

Make me an offer on my old laptop if your interested, it's a Toshiba A-65 S 1070 it works great I just bought a new one and never got rid of this old one.

andysetra · Nov 5, 2008

you pay for shipping and I can send you a 20 or 40gb (don't remember the size). It's either as 40gb Seagate or a 20gb Maxtor lol. I'll check when I'm back home later this week.

Ben · Nov 5, 2008

You might want to mention if its sata or ide. Also $20 for a 80gb hdd is rather low to pay unless you get lucky and find a cheap used one... best i could find new is Newegg.com - EXCELSTOR Jupiter Series ESJ8160S 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives though it will be a bit more with shipping.

andysetra · Nov 5, 2008

I assumed IDE since all but the newest motherboards support 4 IDE devices.

Ben · Nov 5, 2008

andysetra said:
I assumed IDE since all but the newest motherboards support 4 IDE devices.

My computer is 3+ years old and sata wasn't exactly new when i got it... i wouldn't try guess if its one or the other.

andysetra · Nov 5, 2008

Ben said:
My computer is 3+ years old and sata wasn't exactly new when i got it... i wouldn't try guess if its one or the other.

What I meant was, all ATX motherboards except the newest ones have supported 4 IDE devices (primary and secondary, each supporting a master and slave), so it seemed like a safe bet. Newer boards only have the primary connector (used for optical drives).

betagame · Nov 7, 2008

Why is this in Off-topic, It should be moved to computers and games.

andysetra said:
I assumed IDE since all but the newest motherboards support 4 IDE devices.

I have a Gigabyte Motherboard S-Series and it was got in 2008 and it only has ONE IDE port. I cant plug in all my disk drives. :sad:

OR you can save up your money and buy a 500GB HDD NEW And IN IDE or SATA Your CHOICE!!

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andysetra said:
What I meant was, all ATX motherboards except the newest ones have supported 4 IDE devices (primary and secondary, each supporting a master and slave), so it seemed like a safe bet. Newer boards only have the primary connector (used for optical drives).

andysetra · Nov 7, 2008

betagame said:
I have a Gigabyte Motherboard S-Series and it was got in 2008 and it only has ONE IDE port. I cant plug in all my disk drives. :sad:

Which disk drives do you have that can't plug in? That one IDE plug will still support two CD or DVD drives. If it's a floppy drive, and you really (for whatever reason) still have to use them, get a USB floppy drive. They're quite cheap and can be moved from computer to computer easily.

If you have a leftover IDE hard drives that you want to plug in, get an external hard drive enclosure that connects with USB/Firewire/eSATA. They're usually pretty cheap as well.

betagame · Nov 8, 2008

andysetra said:
Which disk drives do you have that can't plug in?

My DVD-ROM drive.

That one IDE plug will still support two CD or DVD drives.

But I'm using a IDE HDD.

If it's a floppy drive, and you really (for whatever reason) still have to use them, get a USB floppy drive.They're quite cheap and can be moved from computer to computer easily.

I don't remember using my floppy drive once but i still keep it there because thats not the problem.

If you have a leftover IDE hard drives that you want to plug in, get an external hard drive enclosure that connects with USB/Firewire/eSATA. They're usually pretty cheap as well.

I cant find one that completely encloses the hard drive.

Off-topic: Is it me or the mods are being lazy by not moving threads??? :dunno: