How did it work out for you? I take it that the Advantage adapter works with 1 TB drives then. I have the same adapter and a 1 TB Hitachi I can't get to work, although a 500 GB Seagate works fine. Using AtvCloner ...there was a link in a similar thread here.
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SATA adapter for internal Apple TV drive?
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How did it work out for you? I take it that the Advantage adapter works with 1 TB drives then. I have the same adapter and a 1 TB Hitachi I can't get to work, although a 500 GB Seagate works fine. Using AtvCloner ...there was a link in a similar thread here.
IDE ribbon cable for Apple TV 1st Gen?
I'm looking for a shorter 44-pin ide cable (female to female) to replace the apple (foxconn) one in my 1st gen apple tv... i've bought a couple off ebay but the 44-pin cables were a little wider than apple's proprietary version so it doesn't fit. does anyone know where i can find one that will fit? maybe a place that makes custom ide ribbon cables?
I'm looking for a shorter 44-pin ide cable (female to female) to replace the apple (foxconn) one in my 1st gen apple tv... i've bought a couple off ebay but the 44-pin cables were a little wider than apple's proprietary version so it doesn't fit. does anyone know where i can find one that will fit? maybe a place that makes custom ide ribbon cables?
I looked long and hard for one of these a few months ago. I even tried to order the part from Apple without any success. It is definitely a non-standard size as I have tried 5 different ribbon cables that "appeared" to match the description. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Trick to format 750gb Hard Drive?
I successfully formatted a 320GB hard drive for my apple tv using ATVCloner software. I just purchased the 750GB western digital scorpion blue drive linked a couple of pages back and I am having issues with it not formatting a couple of the partitions on the drive. I am checking the box for large disk in the ATVCloner software. What have others been using to successfully format the 750GB drives?
I successfully formatted a 320GB hard drive for my apple tv using ATVCloner software. I just purchased the 750GB western digital scorpion blue drive linked a couple of pages back and I am having issues with it not formatting a couple of the partitions on the drive. I am checking the box for large disk in the ATVCloner software. What have others been using to successfully format the 750GB drives?
I've done a 1.5 TB eSATA drive but I can't recall how I did it. I think I did it before ATV Cloner was available, but it's been so long ago I'm not certain.
hi guys. do you know if a 2,5 2tb sata drive will work with tha pata adapter? is the disk recognized?
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Hi Everybody. I'm new here but have been following this thread for some time. I managed to install a 1.8 SSD disk in my old Apple TV 1st gen and is is working without a problem.
Tested with the original Apple TV OS version 3.0.2 and with OpenELEC. Bot worked blazing fast and reliable.
The adapter I used was the some one posted a while back: http://www.amazon.com/IDE-Pin-Micro-SATA-Adapter/dp/B004FD5BNE/ref=sr_1_10
The main advantage of using this adapter and the 1.8" drive is that I didn't have to do any modification at all to fit the new drive inside the AppleTV. Is was small enough to place all in the same position as the previous drive.
While running OpenELEC I could do some benchmarking and the results are pretty impressive:
Attached are some images of the disk connected and a comparison of how small everything got.
To secure it in place I just used some tape and a hot glue gun on the corners.
Hope I could help others in bringing our beloved Apple TV to a more modern status.
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Tested with the original Apple TV OS version 3.0.2 and with OpenELEC. Bot worked blazing fast and reliable.
The adapter I used was the some one posted a while back: http://www.amazon.com/IDE-Pin-Micro-SATA-Adapter/dp/B004FD5BNE/ref=sr_1_10
The main advantage of using this adapter and the 1.8" drive is that I didn't have to do any modification at all to fit the new drive inside the AppleTV. Is was small enough to place all in the same position as the previous drive.
While running OpenELEC I could do some benchmarking and the results are pretty impressive:
Code:
OpenELEC:~ # hdparm -tT /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 1122 MB in 2.00 seconds = 560.78 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 228 MB in 3.00 seconds = 75.88 MB/sec
Code:
OpenELEC:~ # hdparm -I /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: INTEL SSDSA1M080G2HP
Serial Number: CXXXXXXXXXXXXXXN
Firmware Revision: 2CV102M3
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6
Standards:
Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1
Supported: 7 6 5 4
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 156301488
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 156301488
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 76319 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 80026 MBytes (80 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 1
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* 64-bit World wide name
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)
* Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5xxxxxxxxxxxxxxd
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 001517
Unique ID : 9xxxxxxxd
Integrity word not set (found 0x0000, expected 0x81a5)Attached are some images of the disk connected and a comparison of how small everything got.
To secure it in place I just used some tape and a hot glue gun on the corners.
Hope I could help others in bringing our beloved Apple TV to a more modern status.
