The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Question about Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pky, Aug 10, 2006.

  1. pky

    pky Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    47
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So I had to send my E1405 back for service since I was having issues with it. Dell CS was very nice and said that they could either send me a new HD (that was the issue they thought) or a new computer. I opted for the new computer since it was only 2 weeks old.

    Anyway, when I look at the order details it states:

    100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505 Customer Installed

    My other E1405 had a 100GB 5400RPM. I assume that they are going to send me this one b/c it doesn't look like they ahve 100GB 5400RPM HDs anymore (none listed on their website). The couple questions I had were:

    Does it matter that it says for Inspiron E1505 when I have a E1405? I assume that they use the same HD. Also, what does customer installed mean? Does that mean that I need to install it myself? Dell Tech Support told me that it's easy to install it, but was curious as to why the HD is listed like this.

    Thanks
     
    pky, Aug 10, 2006
    #1
  2. Emotion

    Emotion Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    72
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    yep :] E1405/E1505/E1705/B130/M1210/XPS all uses the same 2.5 notebook Sata style hd. If your lucky you might get a 7,200 RPM but most likely a 5,400 RPM :D!
     
    Emotion, Aug 10, 2006
    #2
  3. Jason

    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    908
    Messages:
    5,056
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Well if that’s what it says... 100GB 7200, that’s what you might get with your new one! A 7200RPM drive runs slightly warmer, but is definitely faster. Does cut your battery short a few minutes though. No big deal though... ;)
     
    Jason, Aug 10, 2006
    #3