Re: Migrating from openbrick to openbrick NG
Przemyslaw Brojewski <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:36:06 +0200
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 04:33:39PM +0200, Vincent Thinselin wrote: >=20 > Przemyslaw Brojewski a =E9crit : > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 11:33:49AM +0200, Vincent Thinselin wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I plan to change my current OB for the NG. Many reasons for this: tw= o > >> eth > >> ports, USB2, more powerful processor,.... > >> > >> I do have a couple of questions: does the NG have an internal IDE > >> connector,or should everything be done by the USB2 ports ? > > > > It has IDE connector for 3.5" disks as well as 2.5" Laptop one. >=20 > Good. That's even better than external. Though I'm afraid of temperatur= e. > Adding a HD will make things worse I'm afraid. Is it your current setup= ? I've bought 2.5" inch Toshiba 40GB disk (MK4025GAS). It is flat (9.5 mm), very quiet, and it consumes below 3 watts of power, so heat shouldn't be=20 the problem. I'm now building mounting kit for it, that will occupy PCI slot. For the time being I use USB hard drive. brojek.