03-23-2006, 06:07 AM
OWC Larry Wrote:
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> Actually - the first drive we encountered with the
> SSC issue was a Seagate 160GB that we shipped
> October 28th. Returned to us - we tested and found
> no problems - sent back to customer - and then
> learned about the SSC issue. We test with a
> Firmtek card - which had no issue with the SSC.
>
> The SSC issue was not limited to just the larger
> Seagates at all.
Well I'll be danged! And here I was thinking that the 7200.8 SATA HDs were immune to the problem. So you're saying that a FirmTek SATA controller has no issue with SSC? If that's so, then how would testing with one tell you that a given HDrive *has it enabled?*
I'm missing something in your equation and I'd like to undersstand it better. Please educate me, as I'm all ears and eyes. I have 4 retail boxed ST3300831AS-RK's sitting here beside me that I want to use with an onboard PCI Express SATA controller in my new G5 Dual Core PowerMac. I assumed, when I bought them, that they don't have SSC enabled.
I was reading reports at XLR8YOUMAC.com that suggested that it was the 7200.9 SATA HDs that had SSC enabled, where the 7200.8's shipped without it enabled. That's where I got the bright idea to invest in retail boxed 7200.8 300GB SATA HDrives.
Don't tell me that these things have SSC enabled! That would pretty much suck eggs. But then again, it would depend on which controller I use also....
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> Actually - the first drive we encountered with the
> SSC issue was a Seagate 160GB that we shipped
> October 28th. Returned to us - we tested and found
> no problems - sent back to customer - and then
> learned about the SSC issue. We test with a
> Firmtek card - which had no issue with the SSC.
>
> The SSC issue was not limited to just the larger
> Seagates at all.
Well I'll be danged! And here I was thinking that the 7200.8 SATA HDs were immune to the problem. So you're saying that a FirmTek SATA controller has no issue with SSC? If that's so, then how would testing with one tell you that a given HDrive *has it enabled?*
I'm missing something in your equation and I'd like to undersstand it better. Please educate me, as I'm all ears and eyes. I have 4 retail boxed ST3300831AS-RK's sitting here beside me that I want to use with an onboard PCI Express SATA controller in my new G5 Dual Core PowerMac. I assumed, when I bought them, that they don't have SSC enabled.
I was reading reports at XLR8YOUMAC.com that suggested that it was the 7200.9 SATA HDs that had SSC enabled, where the 7200.8's shipped without it enabled. That's where I got the bright idea to invest in retail boxed 7200.8 300GB SATA HDrives.
Don't tell me that these things have SSC enabled! That would pretty much suck eggs. But then again, it would depend on which controller I use also....
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