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    Seagate Momentus HDD with Inspiron 8300?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by flip21, Mar 13, 2008.

  1. flip21

    flip21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    flip21, Mar 13, 2008
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Yes because it's a SATA drive and yours takes PATA.
     
    adinu, Mar 13, 2008
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    Not sure know what 3.0 Gb/s means? When I upgraded my HDD I made sure those numbers matched.
     
    Hiker, Mar 13, 2008
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  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    There is SATA 1.5 and SATA 3.0. But your machine is neither of those.
     
    adinu, Mar 14, 2008
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