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    ACER 5310 Maximum Hard Drive Size

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by MIB1986, Dec 7, 2009.

  1. MIB1986

    MIB1986 Notebook Enthusiast

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    just a quick question, whats the maxmimum GB harddrive i can put in the 5310, currently running a 250GB although i think the 500GB are SATA2 will the 5310 accept SATA2 hard drives?

    thanks
     
    MIB1986, Dec 7, 2009
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    EchoShade Notebook Evangelist

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    Max: 640GB or 1TB if your laptop has clearance for it.
    If it is SATA-1.5GB/s, then it will work but it won't reach full potential.
     
    EchoShade, Dec 8, 2009
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    5310upgdr Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do you know it is SATA-1.5GB/s ?
     
    5310upgdr, Apr 3, 2010
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    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    If it's SATA I it'll be 1.5, if it's SATA II then it'll be 3.0GB/S.

    If you are asking how to find what type of SATA you have currently, go to device manager and find out the model, you can get the specs for that model.
     
    ellalan, Apr 3, 2010
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    5310upgdr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks. Well, admittedly, I was trying to have a way without looking up codes or opening the box, just lazily going into some sys inf prog, but neither SIW, nor PCwiz, nor Everest spit it out. Perhaps useful to know, the Acer Aspire 5310 works fine with ST9500325AS, which is a Seagate, 500 GB, SATA II (3GB/s) hard drive.
     
    5310upgdr, Apr 4, 2010
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    BruBoo Notebook Evangelist

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    The big issue at present is drive height. Manufacturers are creeping this up above the traditional 9.5mm to accomodate sizes over about 640GB.

    As noted you can find the exact model of your drive in device manager. Looks up data sheets for specs and dimensions and power requirments then find the latest equivalent fromthe same 'line'. Try to match or better the SATA level, buffer size etc.

    If you are going to clone your files to the new drive look for a drive with the traditional rather than the advanced file system or you will need to perform file alignment after cloning. If Clean installing you can forget this para :)

    Higher drives need to fit the HDD caddy, the case , not obstruct cooling airflows, not vibrate against the case etc. Unless you want to experiment I would go for the largest available equivalent size drive. FWIW my
    WDC WD6400BEVT22AORTO 640GB SATA 300 touches 50MB/s transfer rates and gets a 5.9 in windows experience score
     
    BruBoo, Apr 4, 2010
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    5310upgdr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi BruBoo

    What do you mean by
    > drive with the traditional rather than the advanced file system or
    > you will need to perform file alignment after cloning
    ?
     
    5310upgdr, Apr 4, 2010
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