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New Western Digital drives won't install in Dedicated Micros

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I can install an older drive into the DS DX9 with no problems.

I know how to it and have done it many times.

Is there any known issues with

The drive is 80GB, Western Digital WC800AAJB

Desktop/Caviar

7200 RPM with 8 MB cache

ATA/100 with 40-pin IDE connector

The Drive is marked as a PATA

I've tried several drive and it halts in Boot Loader.

Boot Loader is 2.0 (001).

 

I can pull out an old drive, format it, install the software and install the hard drive and everything works fine.

 

Colt

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They are actually SATA drives with a SATA <--> PATA convertor built onto the drive PCB.

A bit cheeky really.

The controller used is not compatible with DM kit.

 

The Marvell convertors work best with any SATA drive, expect with ECO4 and D4 units.

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