mbenz1 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Hi, We have purchased some of these KPD-616 units (link below) which are by avtech but are branded KPSEC, ive seen these with other branding too but it says avtech on the board. It supports IDE drives and works flawlessly, however we would like to use SATA drives as it is easier to get drives and larger sizes. We have tested a cheap IDE to SATA adapter and it recognises the drives fine but the unit crashes after a few mins when its pushed to the limit (rec 16 cams and playback all cams at 32x) Any ideas whether it would be possible to use SATA drives reliably in these units somehow? iviewcameras.co.uk/AVTECH%5FKPD616%5FCCTV%5FSystems%5FDeals/version.asp?PID=28 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted October 1, 2009 I have never done this, but I am thinking that there is too much of a draw on the power supply. How about bench testing it with an external power supply. My mind slips me as it has been a while. I believe there is a relay that is controlled by the board that supplys "juice" to the hard drive. If it turns out that the system will work with a stronger power source then you could cut the lands, and insert the new juice in to the relay this way the DVR still has control activating the hard drive at start up. What do you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbenz1 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Cheers for your reply, That is a good idea. I have however found an adapter made by AVtech which is designed for this very reason to use on their products: Ebay item - 120459642988 I am going to give this ago and if it doesnt work i will look to see if it could be a power issue. I will let you kow how i get on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scruit 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Cheers for your reply, That is a good idea. I have however found an adapter made by AVtech which is designed for this very reason to use on their products: Ebay item - 120459642988 I am going to give this ago and if it doesnt work i will look to see if it could be a power issue. I will let you kow how i get on Bear in mind this is not an avtech device, it's just marketed as working with avtech. It may or may not behave in the same was as your existing converter. I am running a 1TB sata in my CPCam 507HC (AVTech) and it's not given me any gip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbenz1 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Hi, Thanks for the advice. I will give thsi converter a go. If it doesnt work i think we will just go with IDE drives and try to get a 400-500 gig IDE drive for each unit. Are you sure about this converter? The seller said this converter is made by AVTech and it does have AVTech printed on the PCB (can see when zooming into the pic) Cheers for your advice guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted October 3, 2009 It is AVTech! http://www.avtech.com.tw/english/cctv_overview.aspx?ID=SATA01 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbenz1 0 Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks for the link, Anyone got any experience of these? Im interested as to whether its limited to the drives on the list or whether thats just a "our tested" list. We would probably be looking at WD and seagate drives as we already have plenty. Ta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mbenz1 0 Posted October 7, 2009 Hi guys, i got this (AVTech SATA01) and it works flawlessly so far and i have put it through its paces. I would definatly recomment it and we will be purchasing this for all our AVtech IDE systems we have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
