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    What hard drive interface does an E1505 use?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bjcadstuff, Jul 3, 2009.

  1. bjcadstuff

    bjcadstuff Notebook Consultant

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    I might need to put a new hard drive in my daughter's 3 year old E1505. Would it be an SATA drive?
     
    bjcadstuff, Jul 3, 2009
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    It uses SATA :)

    And probably doesnt use an adapter. Dells usually dont. But not that that matters anyway, you can use your old one if it does (on your new one) :p
     
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    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Yep, SATA.
    SATA 150.
    No adapter.
     
    Hep!, Jul 3, 2009
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    Does that mean I should not buy a SATA 3.0 drive?
     
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    It doesn't matter. A SATA 3.0 drive will work fine, it will just never reach SATA 3.0 speeds.
    It's not like SATA 150 drives are cheaper for the most part anyway.
     
    Hep!, Jul 4, 2009
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