Re: Seagate ST310011ARK?

"Curious George" <cg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:b4ns42tctvbqb54lcme910ulc7054t7a3u@xxxxxxx
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:10:13 +0200, "Folkert Rienstra" <see_reply-to@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Curious George" <cg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:aner42tqsml13m4a09fhse2sasuks97ign@xxxxxxx
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:29:13 GMT, "Allen Weiner" <alweiner7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message> news:4b259uFvfrauU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Allen Weiner <alweiner7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

This week (Apr 23 - Apr 29) Circuit City is offering
a Seagate ST310011ARK (100GB, 7200 RPM,
2MB cache, PATA) HDD for $40 after rebate.

The ST310011ARK is a 7200.7 model.

Where are you getting that last bit from ?
That does show up using google on ST310011ARK


Yes, that's where I got it from, by doing a Google on ST310011ARK.
The only hits were from sites selling drives. One of those sites listed the
drive as a 7200.7.


The "RK" at the end means "Retail Kit".

It is basically irrelevant to this kind of search.

Not with warranty in mind.

He's looking for the "technical manual." Warranty information is
listed with the reseller.

That being said I wonder if this is a typo.

Yup. Following Seagate naming rules this would have to be a 10GB drive.
But then apparently Seagate doesn't always follow it's own rules.

Perhaps it is the ST380011A?

Nah. Try ST3100011-A. Not on the Seagate website either though.
The 7200.7 is 80GB per platter, the 7200.7 plus is 100GB a platter but
only lists a 200GB model, so extending the 80 GB/platter size range.
The ST3100011-A is probably the single platter version of that drive.

The Barracuda 7200.7 Plus family has 120, 160, & 200 gig units.

Oh? I must have an old drive manual then, so let me check: Nope, it's still current.
The 40, 80, 120 and 160GB models are 7200.7, the 200GB model is 7200.7 plus.
(What exactly did you not understand in the above paragraph on platter density?)

Barracuda 7200.7 Plus
• ST3200822A
• ST3200021A
Barracuda 7200.7
• ST3160023A
• ST3160021A
• ST3120026A
• ST3120022A
• ST380013A
• ST380011A
• ST340014A

None of the model numbers are remotely close.

Told you.

This would either be a MASSIVE typo,

Yeah, one zero skipped is a massive typo, I agree.
That would never happen to you or me, right?

or more likely some related mutant in limited release.

To come back to the ST380011A, it is possible though that the
ST3100011-A replaces the ST380011A and is shortstroked to 80GB
or that the ST310011-A is the shortstroked version of that ST3100011-A.
If that's so then a whole bunch of sellers misrepresent the size of the
ST310011-A they sell.

We can do a lot of guessing here. The rebate is for the ST310011ARK &
ST3160203U2RK. That may or may not be evidence. I don't know exactly
what's in the ST3100203U2 package.

The other possibility is it's the drive from the external ST3100203U2-RK
released only to certain retail venues.

I'm not sure what nfo you think
you're going to find that would affect this purchase.

Could be drive speed. The 7200.7 plus may be a little faster.

Key word is "little".

Whenever one is willing to go back a few generations for price,
hairsplitting performance figures tends not to be a priority.

But that is what's this is all about, isn't it?
Finding out whether we are talking old 7200.7 or new(er) 7200.7 plus?


What you want to dig up either isn't going to be there or won't be a
deal-breaking surprise.

80 GB or 100GB?

Hmm indeed. Good question for the OP to follow up on.

Limited warranty or no warranty at all?
Hmm.

Normally "RK" implies 5 yr warranty with the retail packaging & accessories.

Yes, but if these drives have been sold off to hardware brokers that info may have
limited value.

Appears to be the case in this instance:
http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/135744/rpem/ccd/productDetailSpecification.do#tabs

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