EX 5100 pvr Harddrive?

[keaney23]

I just purchessed a ex5100 with out the hard drive as i had 2 2.5 harddrives kicking around, I tried to place one into the box and neither of them fit.. I am sure one of the hard drives is a IDE drive.. My question is what harddrive to buy and what size can i go for?

[victor_ray]

The hard drives that are compatiable with the EX5000 and I assume it is the same for the EX5100 is a 2.5 IDE either segate or western digital.

I am not too sure on the maxium size they can take but I know a 120gig will work. Have a look at prices and you will see how many gigs you get for you pound and the how the cost goes down the bigger hard drive you buy.

Hard Drives - 2.5" Laptop IDE Drives - Ebuyer

[caveman_nige]

They always advertise them as taking a max 120gig but i reckon you could put a bigger one in e.g. 240gig but nobody is gonna let you try one unless you know a friendly PC shop.. I bought a 240 disk for about 9 months ago for a DM for about ?45.

[alex123]

They always advertise them as taking a max 120gig but i reckon you could put a bigger one in e.g. 240gig but nobody is gonna let you try one unless you know a friendly PC shop.. I bought a 240 disk for about 9 months ago for a DM for about ?45.

120 gb is the maximum any bigger it won't show seagate mometus is the recommened drive but if you read you will see more and more guys haveing recording problems more so with wd drives
alex

[alex123]

I just purchessed a ex5100 with out the hard drive as i had 2 2.5 harddrives kicking around, I tried to place one into the box and neither of them fit.. I am sure one of the hard drives is a IDE drive.. My question is what harddrive to buy and what size can i go for?

some drives like hitachie have lugs fitted at the side which prevent the drive from being fitted these lugs can be snapped off and drive will work
alex

[caveman_nige]

120 gb is the maximum any bigger it won't show seagate mometus is the recommened drive but if you read you will see more and more guys haveing recording problems more so with wd drives
alex

Is this known for sure, do we know anybody who has tried bigger?

[alex123]

Is this known for sure, do we know anybody who has tried bigger?

yes am a reseller !00 % for sure when we got test models the original units would run on just about anything production models are 120 gb max

[cumloads]

why cant i read my hard drive on the computer after using it on ex5000 pvr

[bullitt147]

i put in the seagate wich i got suplied with the box all i get is drive full or not installed help wanted pls pls

[alex123]

thats normal till you record something

[novakgtx]

to clarify can you put a bigger hard drive in the ex5100 what about a 320gig drive

[novakgtx]

also is there not such a thing as a laptop ide to pc ide connector so you could run a normal pc hard drive or am i thinkin stupid thoughts

[knightknight]

to clarify can you put a bigger hard drive in the ex5100 what about a 320gig drive

The maximum size drive is 120GB. you could possibly put in a larger drive, however you will need to use a hard drive utility to only show 120GB and hide the rest. I am using a seagate momentus 160GB with 40GB hidden and it works fine.