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an early 8" disk Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 75 They started as large disks up to the flexible plastic film found in tapes and floppies. Hard disks have a hard platter that holds the magnetic medium, as "hard disks" to distinguish them from floppy disks. Hard Drives the Beginning Hard disks were invented in diameter holding just a few megabytes. They later became known as opposed to 20 inches in the 1950s. They were originally called "fixed disks" or "Winchesters" (a code name used for a popular IBM product). HDD, circa 1979 -
an early 8" disk Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 75 They started as large disks up to the flexible plastic film found in tapes and floppies. Hard disks have a hard platter that holds the magnetic medium, as "hard disks" to distinguish them from floppy disks. Hard Drives the Beginning Hard disks were invented in diameter holding just a few megabytes. They later became known as opposed to 20 inches in the 1950s. They were originally called "fixed disks" or "Winchesters" (a code name used for a popular IBM product). HDD, circa 1979 -
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Hard Drives Today Hard drives have now become very small and can store massive amounts of IBM. 2.5 inch laptop hard disk Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 76 As of 2005, over 98% of the world's hard disks are manufactured by just a handful of large firms: Seagate, Maxtor (acquired by Seagate in May 2006), Western Digital, Samsung, and Hitachi which owns the former disk manufacturing division of data.
Hard Drives Today Hard drives have now become very small and can store massive amounts of IBM. 2.5 inch laptop hard disk Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 76 As of 2005, over 98% of the world's hard disks are manufactured by just a handful of large firms: Seagate, Maxtor (acquired by Seagate in May 2006), Western Digital, Samsung, and Hitachi which owns the former disk manufacturing division of data.
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LG uses Seagate Hard Drives The 160 Gigabyte Barracuda Hard Drive from Seagate is a 3.5 inch serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) Hard Drive. Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 77 It is built into several models of LG televisions and provides about 15 hours of HDTV recording or 66 hours of SDTV recording without the need of any external accessories.
LG uses Seagate Hard Drives The 160 Gigabyte Barracuda Hard Drive from Seagate is a 3.5 inch serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) Hard Drive. Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 77 It is built into several models of LG televisions and provides about 15 hours of HDTV recording or 66 hours of SDTV recording without the need of any external accessories.
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The original HDD is shown on the right and the upgraded version is shown on the left. Recent Hard Drive Upgrade In addition the grommets for HDD mounting have been changed to P/N 5040V00101B *Rubber changed from hard material to soft material LG recently started replacing the HDD that was designed for PC use (P/N:6744B00040A) with a low-noise HDD designed for A/V use (P/N:6744B91953A). Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 78
The original HDD is shown on the right and the upgraded version is shown on the left. Recent Hard Drive Upgrade In addition the grommets for HDD mounting have been changed to P/N 5040V00101B *Rubber changed from hard material to soft material LG recently started replacing the HDD that was designed for PC use (P/N:6744B00040A) with a low-noise HDD designed for A/V use (P/N:6744B91953A). Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 78
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Hard Drive Control The HDD is controlled by IC1002 on the digital board Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 79
Hard Drive Control The HDD is controlled by IC1002 on the digital board Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 79
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The second Serial ATA output is a single-chip PCI to control the memory card reader if the unit has that option. Based on a 32-bit 66 MHz PCI interface, the SiI3512 provides support for two independent Serial ATA devices. Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 80 Hard Drive Control The SiI3512 is used to 2-port Serial ATA host controller.
The second Serial ATA output is a single-chip PCI to control the memory card reader if the unit has that option. Based on a 32-bit 66 MHz PCI interface, the SiI3512 provides support for two independent Serial ATA devices. Plasma Display Panel Troubleshooting - 2007 80 Hard Drive Control The SiI3512 is used to 2-port Serial ATA host controller.