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    Excellent Boot time after Momentus XT.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nader_rizk2003, Sep 16, 2011.

  1. nader_rizk2003

    nader_rizk2003 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,
    I upgraded my laptop Hard drive to Seagate Momentus XT STAN500100.This hard drive is very good in storage space and speed.Only 18 seconds Boot up time.If you can not afford SSD,this one will be goood for you.


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    nader_rizk2003, Sep 16, 2011
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    letmeknov Notebook Consultant

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    I use Momentus XT (ST95005620AS) also. It boot in 19-20 seconds and the overall performance looks great, BUT before buying this hard drive I would suggest to read the seagate forums first. I bought my drive early this year with 23 firmware. It had lots of 'freezing' issues while playing games (especially valve games). After I upgraded to 24 and 25 firmware those freezes almost gone, but still occasionally are bothering me. Few days ago there was a new 28 firmware released, but nothing changed regarding to those nasty 'freezes'. This is not a faulty drive I have, this is a very common issue with these drives. So think twice before placing an order.
     
    letmeknov, Sep 17, 2011
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    nader_rizk2003 Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine was firmware 23 when i baught it.Worked great with no problems at all and even after i did update to 25,it still works perfectly.I will update to 28 and will tell you what will happen.
     
    nader_rizk2003, Sep 17, 2011
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    I updated to 28 and have had no issues with freezing up. It has worked flawlessly and it has been in 3 laptops over the past year. I originally bought it for my M11x and used it there for about 8 months and did not have any "freezes" with it either online or single gaming. Until they lower the price a bit more on the SSD's I'll be happy with this one.
     
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    I have one .. how do you tell which firmware you are running?
     
    bigun08, Sep 17, 2011
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    nader_rizk2003 Notebook Evangelist

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    I did the update as well and no problems at all
     
    nader_rizk2003, Sep 18, 2011
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    I use a program called Hwinfo.
     
    nader_rizk2003, Sep 18, 2011
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