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    Question Dell Inspirion 1720 Hard drives

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jrrhodes, Sep 14, 2009.

  1. jrrhodes

    jrrhodes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Will the Dell Inspiron 1720 take 12.5MM hard drives, I would love to upgrade to 2 WD10TEVT but I wanted to verify first before I ordered them
     
    jrrhodes, Sep 14, 2009
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    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    It will not. It will only take up dual 9.5mm 2.5" HDDs. You can buy two 500GB WD500BEVTs to get up to 1TB which I did for my 1720.

    If you can wait, WD is releasing the 640GB WD6400BEVTs (In fact some stores are selling them), you can buy two of them totalling 1.28TB.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Sep 14, 2009
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    jrrhodes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for the quick reply
     
    jrrhodes, Sep 14, 2009
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    I reopen this topic, I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 and I change the hard drive. I bought a 1TB WD MODEL WD10TPVT, but when you put it too high and not close the door, cursing. How can I do? Should I resign? The larger hard drives you can mount on a Dell Inspiron 1720 what?
    Thank you. :(
     
    Ornitorinc1525, May 9, 2010
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  5. jrrhodes

    jrrhodes Notebook Enthusiast

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    The largest drive I know of that is 9.5MM is WD6400BPVT a 640GB 5400 RPM Drive from Western Digital.
     
    jrrhodes, May 9, 2010
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    but how come you can not mount the 1TB?
     
    Ornitorinc1525, May 9, 2010
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  7. SomeFormOFhuman

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    The 1TB variant is a 12.5mm height drive, only certain notebooks can take them. 2.5" is a form factor, not its height. I know alot of people get mixed up with that. ;)

    Most notebooks only cater a 2.5" 9.5mm height harddrive.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, May 9, 2010
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    Thanks for your reply.
    But then on my laptop Inspiron 1720 can not mount a 1TB HD?
     
    Ornitorinc1525, May 9, 2010
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    No, you can not mount mount a 12.5mm drive in an Inspiron 1720. The HDD bay is not deep enough. The largest drive you can put in is the 750GB Western Digital 5400RPM drive.
     
    DR650SE, May 9, 2010
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    understood. Thanks
     
    Ornitorinc1525, May 9, 2010
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    No prob. I'd throw in a 1TB if it would fit. ;)
     
    DR650SE, May 9, 2010
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  12. jrrhodes

    jrrhodes Notebook Enthusiast

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    He found out the hard way like I did, I would love to be able to put dual 1TB hdd's in my system, but until they make it smaller we are SOL. now if we could only get a slightly better video card also instead of this 8600
     
    jrrhodes, May 9, 2010
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    off topic:
    Besides it's part of the mobo, the heatsink inside this rig wouldn't probably be sufficient for something more powerful than a 8600M.
     
    ernstig01, May 10, 2010
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    In fact, to strengthen our inspiron 1720 how can we do? The CPU is overclocking? VGA?
     
    Ornitorinc1525, May 10, 2010
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    Nothing you can do since you can't OC the CPU. The BIOS is locked. Only thing you can do is upgrade components, or overclock the GPU. Because the GPU is a proprietary card, only up to the 8600M GT is available.
     
    DR650SE, May 10, 2010
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    I understand, thanks :)
     
    Ornitorinc1525, May 10, 2010
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