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ATA-6 VS ATA100 ???? - Hitachi/IBM 60GB 7200RPM Notebook Hard Drive

post #1 of 5
7/9/04 at 7:36am
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I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 and wish to buy a Hitachi/IBM 60GB 7200RPM Notebook Hard Drive, but there are two types ...

Interface: ATA-6 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-020&depa=3

Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA100 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-034&depa=3

What's the Difference ?

All of the current i8600's ship with ata100 HD - do i need to buy ata100 or will ata6 work ?
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post #2 of 5
7/9/04 at 9:05am
ATA-6 is 100 i think. Doesn't really matter, the drive will work as a 100 even if it's hooked up to a 133 chain. Theres no real world difference between ATA100 and ATA133 because your drive can't move data that fast.
ATA Mode 6 is either 100 or 133.
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post #3 of 5
7/9/04 at 10:21am
ATA-6 / ATA/ATAPI-6

ATA-6 is a standard approved by ANSI in 2001 under document NCITS 347-2001. ATA-6 added support for Ultra-DMA/100, and had a transfer rate of up to 100MBps.
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post #4 of 5
7/9/04 at 2:24pm
hey... i have a toshiba satellite 5205-s703...

1) how woud i know which one works for my laptop???? it must be making some difference.. can there be any compataibility issues??
2) What are OEM drives and Retail drives?? whats the difference??

thanks much
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post #5 of 5
7/9/04 at 2:43pm
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ATA-6 = ATA-100

Posted another thread that explains it...

Here's ATA Hard Drive info http://www.buildorbuy.org/atapi.html

Here's the other thread http://notebookforums.com/showthread...673#post318673
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