What does LD (and HD) stand for in relation to these Ergotron desks?
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LD stands for light duty and HD stands for heavy duty, meaning HD will hold a heavier monitor. I own two of the LDs with 22-24" monitors, I have one at home and one at work and have been using them for 1.5 years. I am still in love with them and have turned lots of friends on to the benefits of standing, including an employee in the office next to mine. Definitely need the work surface which is easily attached between the keyboard and monitor. The manufacturer has a Facebook site and replies to questions or concerns rapidly there. They're a great company!
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I don't know what exactly the LD and the HD stand for, but the LD is for up to 16 pounds of monitor, and the HD is for 16-28 pounds of monitor.
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Be careful with this.. it is really poor work by the Egotron Product team to just put in HD and LD... I accidently purchased the HD and it really does not work with a 6 lb monitor....
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Jennifer is correct on the LD vs HD. If you want to be really safe, use the Search by Display Model option in the MountFinder on ergotron.com to make sure your monitor will fit your desk model.
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I have the LX Dual Side-byside arm mounted to my cubicle desk and it does not articulate up that high (my configuration max is about 1 ft.)Goto http://www.ergotron.com website and look at the 24-312-026 "Work-fit-A Dual Monitor Sit-Stand workstation. After looking/asking/finding what you want, search Amazon for item to purchase. BTW, I purchase my Ergotron LX Dual from Amazon and have been very happy with the purchase experience and product for the past (3) three years.
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Its probably going to be down to the wire between the drives. I love the Magician software that came with it but at that point I'm just be bias.
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As far as I know, there is no official standards body for the publication of hard drive standards. However, manufacturers have begun to classify their drives using three grades: Desktop, NAS (Network Attached Storage), and Datacenter. In general, Desktop graded drives are not designed to operate on a 100% duty cycle (turned on 24/7). NAS drives are the lowest grade specified for use in devices that are in continuous use. Datacenter drives are also graded for continuous use, but with an even longer MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure). In general the higher the grade of the drive, the longer the term of the manufacturer's warranty. However, be careful about judging the warranty because some drives are sold on the "gray market" and are not covered by the manufacturer's warranty. With all of that said, I should point out that a cynic might suggest that these drive "grades" are merely an invention of the marketing departments and that the extended warranty for the higher grades is merely a statistical risk which is completely offset by the higher price. In any case, if you purchase the Hitachi drive, before you install it check the warranty status on the Hitachi web site using the serial number. If the warranty doesn't meet your expectations, return the drive before you unpack it. I, myself, have three Hitachi NAS drives installed for desktop use. I highly recommend them.
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It is a WD Scorpio Blue (SATA 3 Gb/s): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=506But newer revisions of the WD Passport seem to be unsuitable for use without the enclosure.See: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=307430
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both are SATA. the major difference comes between the Western Digital Red Blue and Green lines. Red is Network Attached storage and server line quality. usually they are better built than your standard Blue but cost more than the Blue. as i just mentioned the WD Blue is the mainstream line drive. Green is a more energy efficient line of hard drive.For example i had a computer with a old Quantium Fireball IDE drive and i replaced it with a larger Western Digital Blue IDE and it worked fine.
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I have it installed on a regular particle board desk top. Does your glass top desk have a weight limit? I would really hesitate putting it on glass. The base of the ergotron reaches 16-1/2 inches back from the edge of the desk, and on top is roughly a "T" that holds the whole framework up, underneath is an adjustable knob that securely clamps the framework in place. I can't find how much the thing weighs without monitors, but all told I'm guessing mine weighs about 50 pounds with two 19" monitors and a work surface.
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It is the drive model number. Each hard drive has a different model number when manufactured.
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Kinda funny that no one notices the black jumper on the adapter (below the power connector) that says "IN Master, OUT Slave", meaning "ON Master, Off Slave". Just move the jumper inboard onto 1 pin for Slave, in case you later want to switch it back to Master. SATA optical drives themselves don't seem to have or need a jumper.
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There appears to be a "Tall-User" add on. See excerpt from the Ergotron website below:Tall-User Kit for WorkFit DualConvert a WorkFit-S, WorkFit-A or WorkFit-C Dual Display Workstation to reach the ergonomic height requirements of taller users. Also upgrades a standard WorkFit Dual by adding up/down tilt to the displays.
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It's the way these hard drives have been shown for years. The drives are closed and should never be opened. The picture is to show you what they look like inside.
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You'll need to ask Buffalo. The hardware device is reported as "gendisk" (generic disk) by my Device Manager. The only way I could establish which manufacturer made my Drive Station hard disk would be to remove the cover. Obviously I don't want to do that. Many computer and peripheral manufacturers change their hard drive providers (bidding for cost-savings) during the manufacturing runs of their devices so you have to ask Buffalo to be sure about what you will get. I can tell you that mine has been a sturdy and reliable drive regardless of what is inside it.
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The Seagate Constellation ES2 3TB drives I picked up are model ST33000650NS. They were all brand NEW with the 5 YR warranty. All SATA3 6Gb/s 64MB Cache.
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In October, my 7200.11 came packed in two black plastic end-caps suspending it inside a recycled cardboard box. Looks like Seagate standard; at least, it has their HDD model number label on the outside of the box. That should be fine for the drops from most shipping gorillas, but recycled D-flute crushes easier than virgin, so it ought to be inside a second box to ship. (My particular order happened to be inside another box with other items.) The black plastic caps seem like the same plastic as Other World uses to ship their finished-goods external drives.
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I have no idea what the Galant table is made of or looks like, but I wound up needing got spread the force out a little bit. So underneath where the clamp screws up toward my desk, I put an old hard drive right in the center of where the clamp would hit, then tightened it really well, no problems since. I suppose one might use a small scrap of 2x4, but the hard drive was rigid, handily available, and dead without warranty, so it worked well. I will say after buying this monster, it does its job, but if I had it to do over again, I would have bought the one that has the heavy horse shoe "foot" on the bottom. I have no idea what the Galant table is made of or looks like, but I wound up needing got spread the force out a little bit. So underneath where the clamp screws up toward my desk, I put an old hard drive right in the center of where the clamp would hit, then tightened it really well, no problems since. I suppose one might use a small scrap of 2x4, but the hard drive was rigid, handily available, and dead without warranty, so it worked well. I will say after buying this monster, it does its job, but if I had it to do over again, I would have bought the one that has the heavy horse shoe... » Read More I have no idea what the Galant table is made of or looks like, but I wound up needing got spread the force out a little bit. So underneath where the clamp screws up toward my desk, I put an old hard drive right in the center of where the clamp would hit, then tightened it really well, no problems since. I suppose one might use a small scrap of 2x4, but the hard drive was rigid, handily available, and dead without warranty, so it worked well. I will say after buying this monster, it does its job, but if I had it to do over again, I would have bought the one that has the heavy horse shoe "foot" on the bottom. « Show Less
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I know this is an old thread but if you're still looking...I bought a 3 TB for $169 at a big box store with a yellow logo.Probably not much help if you're not in the US but Amazon has it for $149 - USB 3 too! Very fast transfers.Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 3 TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive STAC3000102
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It is a WD Scorpio Blue (SATA 3 Gb/s): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=506 But newer revisions of the WD Passport seem to be unsuitable for use without the enclosure. See: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=307430