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kudisa
26th April, 2012, 01:07 PM
after deciding to buy a vu duo( not ordered yet) i was looking for some hard drive to fit in and found one laying around a external freecom 400gb. i open the casing to see the specs:
400GB/7200rpm/8M/PATA.
i assuming that this one is not good right?

thanks

Rodbouy
26th April, 2012, 01:17 PM
Any 3.5" sata will fit it mate.

kudisa
26th April, 2012, 01:30 PM
but the one i have is 3.5" pata

Rodbouy
26th April, 2012, 01:33 PM
no you need a sata pata doesnt wor. Not unless there is a converter.

kudisa
26th April, 2012, 01:47 PM
ok i was afraid it wouldn't work
thanks

dell_xps
26th April, 2012, 01:58 PM
SATA you need m8, or get a converter from ide to sata on the bay, or just use it as an external drive with your VU, easy.

kudisa
26th April, 2012, 05:50 PM
due to short on funds, does the converter works well with the box or i need a sata hard drive. i'm not a fan of external and it will look ugly and missus would kill me.

dell_xps
26th April, 2012, 06:33 PM
Sure someone on here posted they were using one m8, do a search !

kudisa
11th May, 2012, 10:52 AM
Took the plunge and order one ysterday.
Regarding epg and picons is the any big diference using usb stick or hard drive? I have harddrive to fit do i realy need to use the usb stick or the hd will do the job. There is nothing left on pig bank lol
Thanks

dell_xps
11th May, 2012, 02:00 PM
I use a hard drive for picons/epg/vfd etc etc, a lot of peeps use a usb stick, probably quicker using a usb stick, but if yer not bothered, stick them on the hard drive if funds are tight.