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    M1210 Owners: Is Dell Store Full of Hoohah?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sambagrrl07, Feb 13, 2009.

  1. sambagrrl07

    sambagrrl07 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm still trying to spend a $100 store certificate at Dell -- given because of a tech service snafu. Just got off the phone with a store rep after the following conversation:

    Me: "I'm calling about Dell Part# 341-7542, which is a 500Gb drive listed as compatible with the Studio XPS 13 laptop. It looks like the form factor and interface would work with my XPS M1210. Can you confirm that?"

    Rep (after a few minutes on hold): "Well, I just talked to a tech guy here and he said that technically the drive is compatible, but that the M1210 can only handle drives up to 200Gb. It's a speed issue."

    Me: "Sorry...what does speed have to do with drive size?"

    Rep: "I don't know."

    I'm looking for actual experiences from other M1210 owners who have upgraded their internal hard drives beyond this so-called 200Gb limit. Thanks!
     
    sambagrrl07, Feb 13, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Pretty sure that the M1210 can take a SATA drive of any size. The tech might be talking about the speed difference between the SATAI and SATAII interfaces, but this shouldn't affect compatibility. The 500GB SATAII drive will only run at SATAI speeds, but it isn't fast enough to saturate the SATAI bandwidth in the first place.
     
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  3. multics

    multics Notebook Enthusiast

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    I put a 7200rpm 320GB drive in my M1210 a while back. Worked great. I'm sure a 500GB would work, too.
     
    multics, Feb 13, 2009
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