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I am in the process of placing my order for the ultrapak, my question is, I want next day shipping, but for hard drive it says 2-5 days, for hardware, etc. it says next day. Would I be better off getting the dvd pack. I want to make sure I am home when package arrives. I do have external hard drives. I realize it takes time to download the dvd's but that's okay.
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Once you place your order, you should also receive download links and you can start right away. Of course, you would have to use your own disk space to install (but that's what I do anyway, preferring to keep my BIAB hard drive as a backup copy).
Of course, depending on your internet connection, it can take a long time to download the gigabytes of data.
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You didn't say where you lived. I often ask for a tracking number and put that into their website and watch it leave, arrive on the mainland, leave BC, arrive in Hamilton, out to London and in the next day truck. That was for hard drives. I suspect the crazy season is over and should ask sales if they can same day ship it and who it would be and if you can have the tracking #.
I know i was amazed the first time for I saw it picked up at 4 p.m. in Victoria which is like 7 p.m. here, and the thing was in Hamilton outside Toronto at 3 a.m. and on a truck here (100 miles) at 4:30 and out for delivery at 7. In fact more reliable if you want to get it and they ship I think UPS, you get the address of the local ups store place and have it shipped there, I get a bi-weekly shipment to Purolator and if I wait for it at home it comes between noon and 3, I found out it's at the depot every time at 9 a.m. which is a block and a half from my house. As I pick it up and take it downtown anyway, it made more sense to have it sent to the depot/store than to my house, I didn't have to be at home to get it.
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Thanks for the info, it helps alot. What's this with the faulty hard drives, don't they come with a 120 volt wall wart like all mine do? plus they have the usb.
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It's a small percentage, and it seems that some people have older ports or underpowered ports. None of the ports on my monitor will run one, but it gets a line from the back of the computer and is a powerless hub. Not much of an issue, some people seem to think they are broken, which can happen during shipping if the package is the right size to play baseball with. You have to see the guys handle packages to know something somewhere is going to break.
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Unlike many of the other postings, my USB hard drive that I received worked fine in my HP Pavilion Elite desktop and the homebuilt machine (which has a Gigabyte mother board) using only a standard USB cable (didn't need the double cable). Worked with both frontside and rear USB ports. Maybe I'm just lucky.
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Unlike many of the other postings, my USB hard drive that I received worked fine in my HP Pavilion Elite desktop and the homebuilt machine (which has a Gigabyte mother board) using only a standard USB cable (didn't need the double cable). Worked with both frontside and rear USB ports. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Yeah, same goes for my desktop (DAW) and my laptop. All USB ports supply enough power for the HD. And that's just using one of the USB plugs (the long one), shipped with the HD.
Guess, I'm lucky too!
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Do the hard drives have electric power too, 120 volt?
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The audiophile version has the power brick; the regular version does not (two different sized hard drives). Since you said UltraPAK, then no, the 160GB drive will not have a power brick.
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Thanks, good to know. Would I be better off ordering online here, or by phone. I have account set up here, I just have to confirm order. I know pg has 800 number but calling from here in Wisconsin where my home phone is a cell phone I think it will cost .49 cents a minute. I have Verizon and that's what they charge for Canada calls. If I am wrong on this let me know. I just want to get to creating. I also signed up today with My Space so I can get some tunes to you guys, any suggestions for My Space would be great. Here is the url to my page: http://www.myspace.com/critterman09
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All of the 160G drives however do have provisions,jack, for using a wall wart and there's a diagram for polarity BUT no voltage specified.Is it 5 VDC Maybe maybe not.
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i would go with "slightly" higher than 5VDC because there are regulators inside the drive that need the extra bit of voltage headroom.
I think 7.2V at a minimum, a hard one to find, but 9VDC is easy to find. Pay attention to the Current rating, too, not enough Amperage will put you right back where you started. I don't know what the minimum Current requirement is, but would recommend a 9VDC wallwart that can provide at least about 1 Amp. The USB spec is supposed to be 5VDC at 2A, BTW.
Be sure to get the polarity at the plug correct. That is embossed on the drive next to the socket. Cross-polarity is sure to damage something, if unsure, don't try it.
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I was wondering if there was a regulator inside the box. Have you layed eyes on one? If there isn't one anything other the 5 VDC will fry the little bugger. Here's one for a powered hub. Plenty of power here. http://www.sealevel.com/store/tr127-120v...-connector.html
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