Fake Seagate CF 2.5GB Microdrives?

I was going to grab one of these due to the fact I've seen plenty of pictures of them in Miggys already (i.e. no compatibility worries).

Trouble is, the Thailand sticker leads me to believe they're fake and not hiding it.

Thoughts?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seagate-ST1-MI...item3efa40c76a

[alexh]

It's almost certainly original. Seagate has an assembly plant in Thailand.

[fitzsteve]

I bought one from that seller and its in my A600 now and running fine. By the way he accepted my offer of £2.50 and it took about 10 days to arrive.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by alexh

It's almost certainly original. Seagate has an assembly plant in Thailand.

Aye, they were used in I-River media players (if I remember correctly), back in the day.

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

I bought one from that seller and its in my A600 now and running fine. By the way he accepted my offer of £2.50 and it took about 10 days to arrive.

I remember seeing it in your Mig pics fitzsteve.

Don't worry, totally used to HK post. Been there a few times actually - there's a great 4 story building in Wan Chai packed with nothing but mini hardware counters that's like wandering around the actual eBay stores you see every day on the web. Can't beat rummaging!

Thanks for the heads up about the offer though. Good tip.

@alexh - had no idea - would always assume the worst with hardware from Thailand.

[alexh]

They have the cheapest labour right now. Cheaper even than china.

[fitzsteve]

Another heads up if you do get one. I usually do all my work in winuae then transfer the drive to miggy but this drive did not snow up in hdtoolbox under emulation so I had to format and partition in the real Amiga. It was fine in uae after that.

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Another heads up if you do get one. I usually do all my work in winuae then transfer the drive to miggy but this drive did not snow up in hdtoolbox under emulation so I had to format and partition in the real Amiga. It was fine in uae after that.

Great tip thanks. Would have saved me the head scratching.

[PowerPie5000]

I certainly wouldn't worry about it being manufactured in Thailand. Most big names in the computer industry have their hardware manufactured in places like Thailand, Taiwan, China and Korea etc...

[FOL]

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Another heads up if you do get one. I usually do all my work in winuae then transfer the drive to miggy but this drive did not snow up in hdtoolbox under emulation so I had to format and partition in the real Amiga. It was fine in uae after that.

depends what you were emulating. As you have to change the hdtoolbox tool type to match.

[fryguy]

They are pretty cheap, but why not buy a 4gb flash cf card instead?

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by FOL

depends what you were emulating. As you have to change the hdtoolbox tool type to match.

I always setup my hard drives/CF cards via the ADF of a WB3.1 Install Disk HDToolbox under Winuae, the Seagate Microdrive is the first card not to show up. It shows up fine in HDToolbox on my real Amiga when booted from the real WB3.1 install disk.

Originally Posted by fryguy

They are pretty cheap, but why not buy a 4gb flash cf card instead?

I play a lot of WHDLoad via IGame and its always writing to disk so I was concerned about all the re-writes on a CF card.

[fryguy]

@fitzsteve: ok, but still, i think flashcard would last long enough anyway.

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by fryguy

@fitzsteve: ok, but still, i think flashcard would last long enough anyway.

Yeah it probably would, but also the price of this and knowing it would be compitible was a further selling point.

[fryguy]

Yep the price is indeed good!

Heh i'm actually considering buying myself for my A600

[Chain]

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Yeah it probably would, but also the price of this and knowing it would be compitible was a further selling point.

can i ask something please?
This drive also have self-sleep more (like microdrives), right?
Which means after few secs without any access it will shut and next access needs another few secs for spinup?
or its spinning constantly?

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by Chain

can i ask something please?
This drive also have self-sleep more (like microdrives), right?
Which means after few secs without any access it will shut and next access needs another few secs for spinup?
or its spinning constantly?

I'm not sure on that one, all I can say is that I don't notice any 3 second pause's so if it does have to spin up its quite quick.

I'd say the access is slightly slower than my 40gb hard drive in my A1200 and and obviously slower then a CF but for me its perfect for a machine like the A600.

Steve.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Chain

can i ask something please?
This drive also have self-sleep more (like microdrives), right?
Which means after few secs without any access it will shut and next access needs another few secs for spinup?
or its spinning constantly?

All the ones I have used, auto spin down.

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

I always setup my hard drives/CF cards via the ADF of a WB3.1 Install Disk HDToolbox under Winuae, the Seagate Microdrive is the first card not to show up. It shows up fine in HDToolbox on my real Amiga when booted from the real WB3.1 install disk.




I play a lot of WHDLoad via IGame and its always writing to disk so I was concerned about all the re-writes on a CF card.

That answers that, you must be uae device and not scsi device. This is why it doesnt show up under UAE, you need to alter the tooltype to match use device, or set HDD to IDE0.

[seuden]

I bought one from that seller and it has arrived this morning. I'm gonna stick it in my spare A1200.

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by seuden

I bought one from that seller and it has arrived this morning. I'm gonna stick it in my spare A1200.

Nice work mate, i'm well pleased with mine in the A600

I've bought an Apple 4gb one to replace the full size HDD in my Desktop A1200, I'll post here and let ya'll know if it works