Western Digital SE Question

[faziwazi]

Does the Western Digital 160gb 8mb Cache 7200rpm SE hard drive come with a PCI controller card??

Part#: WD1600JBRTL

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: faziwazi
Does the Western Digital 160gb 8mb Cache 7200rpm SE hard drive come with a PCI controller card??

Part#: WD1600JBRTL

Most likely no... I bought a retail WD800JB and it didn't some with one.

 

[faziwazi]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: faziwazi
Does the Western Digital 160gb 8mb Cache 7200rpm SE hard drive come with a PCI controller card??

Part#: WD1600JBRTL

Most likely no... I bought a retail WD800JB and it didn't some with one.

But you dont need one because you dont exceed 137gigs... Anyone willing to ship one to me?

 

[Jeff7181]

You thinking about getting the one at Best Buy for $100? If you are, just call them and ask them.

 

[MrPickins]

According to WD, only drives larger than 137.4 GB need a controller card, so they only include them with drives larger than that

Edit: for some reason, i thought you were talking about a 120gig drive.... 😕
In your case, Wd should include the card (at least in the retail package)

 

[sharkeeper]

It should have a Promise Ultra 100TX in the retail package.

-DAK-

 

[faziwazi]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You thinking about getting the one at Best Buy for $100? If you are, just call them and ask them.

Yeah the one at CompUSA, is it a good deal???

 

[faziwazi]

bump

 

[Shooters]

You don't have to have a controller card to use a drive larger than 137GB. All you need is a BIOS that supports it (most newer motherboards do; if yours currently doesn't then check your motherboard manufacturer's website for a BIOS update), and SP1 for WinXP or SP3 if you're running Win2k.

 

[faziwazi]

Originally posted by: Shooters
You don't have to have a controller card to use a drive larger than 137GB. All you need is a BIOS that supports it (most newer motherboards do; if yours currently doesn't then check your motherboard manufacturer's website for a BIOS update), and SP1 for WinXP or SP3 if you're running Win2k.

I have winxp with SP1 but my BIOS is outdated nor is there a update. I have a Dell Dimension 8100 @ p4 1.3ghz. Dont know what kind of mobo.

 

[Jeff7181]

Yeah, that's a good deal on that drive... could've swore it was at Best Buy though... oh well. If I had a use for that much more space than I have now I'd get it... but I'm only using about half of my 80 GB drive.