Advice Needed SKY+ boxes, SATA or IDE ?

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I've got a chance to collect ten SKY+ boxes (the old white ones) from around ten miles away, but it would only be worth the touble if the hard drives inside are SATA ones.

Can anyone confirm if this is the case or if they used IDE in their build ?

Thanks in advance
 
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Channel Hopper said:
I've got a chance to collect ten SKY+ boxes (the old white ones) from around ten miles away, but it would only be worth the touble if the hard drives inside are SATA ones.

Can anyone confirm if this is the case or if they used IDE in their build ?

Thanks in advance
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Almost certainly IDE - my oldish had that type
 
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One I opened previously was IDE. I suspect all the white ones were IDE.
 
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Thanks.

The trip looks less interesting now, think I'll decline.
 
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ISTR the SATA ones were introduced with the SKY+ HD boxes were introduced.
 
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