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    TM 3201Xmi harddisk & memory upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by wolverine5pl, Jun 11, 2008.

  1. wolverine5pl

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    I just bough this new baby called Travelmate 3201Xm
    Its used laptop, have few years but looks gr8 and have good graphic card, I want to upgrade memory (512mb curently) and harddisk (80GB now)
    Anyone knows how to upgrade hidden memory (256mb in hidden slot), I dont have problem accessing second slot.

    Another question is what is max size harddrive I can put? 160 will work no problem? Im thinking about Samsung Spin Point M5 160 GB (5400, 8MB, ATA/100).

    Thx for any helpfull info

    Wolverine
     
    wolverine5pl, Jun 11, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    might the slot be hidden under the keyboard.... i've seen more than a few laptops with one stick on oneside of the MB and a second slot on the reverse side
     
    bigozone, Jun 11, 2008
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    do you know where I can find what its max size of harddisk my notebook can use?
     
    wolverine5pl, Jun 11, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    you might hit a BIOS limitation of about 137gig... but that can be overcame by using DynamicDriveOverlay software.. DDO software is usually available from HDD manufacturers website


    bigO
     
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    I cant find any DynamicDriveOverlay software on acer website :( I will try 160gb harddisk soon, hope I wont have problem. BUt if my bios will have limitation 137gigs what then? I will have only 137g available without DD0 soft?
     
    wolverine5pl, Jun 15, 2008
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    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    160 G doesn't really mean 160 gigabyte
    i won't go into details here.. search google for "HDD size calculations"

    the 10Gig that you MAY loose access to is not worth running a DDO in my oppinion,, but that choice is yours...

    the DDO software comes from the drive manufacturers site not the laptop manufacturer
     
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    I just installed WD 160gb harddisk and only 131gb are avaible :(
    Where can I get that DDO software? I looked on acer website without luck :(
     
    wolverine5pl, Jun 20, 2008
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    a 160 gig HDD is not actually 160 gigs......

    you are only going to gain 18 gigs by running a DDO... and you will suffer a performance hit in doing so.. the DDO works by converting HDD info from 1 standard to another...

    but if you really want that 18 gigs that bad... check the website of the hard drive MANUFACTURER

    who made the drive??
     
    bigozone, Jun 20, 2008
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