On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:02:28 -0800, "jtsnow" wrote:

Is there any issue with swappin out a HD on an older Lacie USB external?

The drive inside now is a Seagate EIDE 5400RPM 60GB.

Id like to get a on sale a 300gb 7200 RPM to put in it.

Assuming power supply is beefie enough, you think that will work ok?

PSU is unlikely to be much an issue (power consumption hasn't changed
much).

What is likely to be more of a problem is whether the USB-EIDE bridge
can handle the larger command set, otherwise you'll be limited to
132GB or thereabouts (accessing more than that requires new IDE
commands, which your bridge board may or may not support).

thanks

Malc.