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isk speeds are dependent on the rate the internal disk spins within the drive. Hard drives used for digital media production have spin rates of at least 7200 RPMs. Some drives achieve spin rates of 10,000 to 15,000 RPMs. Cooling With internal disks spinning at incredible speeds, drives used for live movie playback can produce a tremendous amount of heat. These drives must remain cool to sustain their data transfer speeds and work reliably. Whether these drives use an external enclosure that plugs into your computer Seattle Sutton Diet or are installed inside your computer, sufficient cooling must be achieved. Well-designed drives used for digital media productio n include fans that are activated when the hard drive temperature rises to a certain threshold. Throughput Beyond the speed of the PurplePixie actual hard drive, recording and playing back digital movie files require a great deal of bandwidth. Bandwidth refers to the amou .
ion video can require throughput of up to 200 megabytes per second. As a result, your hard drive needs an appropriate interface wi th your computer designed for these high data transfer rates. While interfaces have changed to keep up with ever increasing data t ransfer rates, eSATA is now the preferred interface for modern media rated drives. Choose drives with eSATA connectivity.1 Turn of f your computer and remove the power cable from the back of the power supply. Place the computer on its on a desk or table, and re calligraphy fonts move the side panel. 2 Put on an anti-static wristband or place the computer on an anti-static mat to avoid damage to its internal components. Take your hard drive out of its anti-static packaging along with the SATA cable. 3 Place the hard drive into your com PurplePixie puter workstation and mount it into a hard drive bay using your screwdriver and four screws that will be either inside the case or .
e firmly made. Attach the free SATA power connector to the hard drive, again making sure that it is firmly in place. 5 Double chec k all of the installation points to ensure that the hard drive is secure, then re-attach the side of the computer workstation's ca se. Re-attach the power cable and turn on the computer. Once it boots into the operating system you are using, ensure that the har d drive is recognized by the operating system. If not, you need to make sure that the hard drive is being powered and that you con font face nected the SATA cable to a hard drive SATA port on the motherboard. Once it is detected by the computer, you are ready to begin us ing it.1 Turn off your laptop. Remove the current wireless card from the card slot according to your laptop manufacturer's directi PurplePixie ons. Most laptop card slots have a tab or button you press to eject the card. Restart your laptop. 2 Remove the drivers associated .
