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APPLE TV Hard drive upgrade possibilities.

That's a SATA drive, not a PATA drive, so you'd have to use an adapter, I don't know if it would fit though.

I've tried the UK's most popular e-commerce for technology (eBuyer) and they don't sell any PATA drives.

I had a quick look on eBay, there are some on there, look to be about £65 for a 500GB. I can't link to any, but just put PATA 500GB in search, theres a few there.

Good luck. :apple:
 
mahen said:
Came across this in eBay. How did this guy manage to attach 1TB into ATV :confused:

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http://cgi.ebay.com/apple-tv-1-tb_W0QQitemZ280396727112QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4148f28348&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1036
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Simple. the eSata mod. The picture suck, but it looks like he is running a sata cable out the back to that external drive.
 
Ok, but could I make my upgrade with the following items?:

This Hard Drive
http://www.saverstore.com/product/2...B-5400rpm-8MB-Cache-25-SATA-Mobile-Hard-Drive
This adapter
http://www.bestofferbuy.com/sata-to-25-ide-male-hard-drive-adapter-card-horizontal-p-16130.html
This cable
http://www.bestofferbuy.com/sata-to-25-ide-male-hard-drive-adapter-card-horizontal-p-16130.html

And I would require this enclosure to format the drives?
http://www.bestofferbuy.com/sata-to-25-ide-male-hard-drive-adapter-card-horizontal-p-16130.html

Couldn't I use the SATA to IDE adapter to copy the ATV's info to my mac with the enclosure? and then use the same adapter to use the disk in the ATV.

thanks for your replies.
 
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