ATA Hard Drive for Duo

[mrblue]

I took a hard drive from an old sky plus box thinking it would be compatible with the duo. Unfortunately the drive is ata and I need a sata.

Is there any converter cable you can get for an ata drive to make it SATA....

[Manic01]

How to Convert IDE Hard Drives to SATA | eHow.co.uk

[DOUGALMCD]

As far as I know you can't just get ribbon cable it would have to be powered also. Stick to your original plan a sata as you will have less problems.
You could try above also as this was posted while I typed.

[mrblue]

Ah, sure I will just get a new sata hard drive. Will sell the ide drive. Cheers guys..

[potrobber]

m8 just buy a sky+ box of gumtree for 30 quid t

[mo.p]

m8 just buy a sky+ box of gumtree for 30 quid t

hi m8 dos sky+ box have sata hard drive or ata drive Thank You very much in advance!!!

[mrblue]

I have a sky plus box mate but the hard drive is ide thus it will not be compatible with the duo. Thats my problem.

Sky plus box is for sale if anyone is interested, 160gb hard drive in it.....

After a sata hdd if anyone has one...

[potrobber]

you need to look for sky boxs made by thomson or pace i find have sata drives fitted

i just removed a 500 gb sata from one today and have a 300 one to take out of thomson box when i need it

you are better looking for sky box with 250 gb hard drive fitted this will be a 500 gb and work great in duo

[mrblue]

It was a thompson I removed the 160 from. Guy said his wife is the only one who would record and just a small hdd would do.

160gb should do at least 20 hours of hd recording, if he wants to upgrade later then wont be a problem.

Hds are real cheap at the minute. Picked up a 160 for ?15...