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    hard drive interface options on the m1210

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Iceman0124, Oct 31, 2006.

  1. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    the title sums it up, I'm planning on upgrading my m1210's hd soon, what interfaces are supported? sata only?, or do patas work as well? also what is ata 6 and 7?. I'm a noob at laptop hard drives, thanks
     
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    I don't think that will work. The M1210 has a Serial ATA hard drive, which means you will have to buy another SATA hard drive. At least, this is as far as I know. I'm pretty sure PATA hard drives will not work.
     
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    I wish there was a compatibility list somewhere, this is driving me crazy
     
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Don't go crazy on us! You have the SATA drive. You can only replace it with a SATA drive. You have a few choices with make, size, and speed and cost.

    What do you plan to do with your old (80 gig?) internal drive?
     
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    its confusing as some of the descriptions on zzf say it supports both, but then in another block on the same page it says pata, the model # is one character off when comparing it to newegg with the sata filter, a as opposed to b, wich sucks, zzfs drive is 20 bucks cheaper, no s&h, and no sales tax, newegg charges shipping and I have to pay sales tax,

    right now I have a 60 gig 5400rpm, I was planning on getting an external usb enclosure for it , it was an outlet purchase core2 t5600,2gig 667,dvd/rw,gf7400,and ms office small buis for under a grand shipped, wich was a hell of a deal, only thing I need to upgrade is the hd, and space/price has priority over speed
     
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Shut down and pull your drive, 2 screws? It should slide out on the carrier.

    IDE drives have a long 50 pin keyed slot, and 4 pin power, SATA's do not. You can also read the drive specs as well on the drive depending how it's mounted.

    You will have to find a SATA to USB case. I don't know anything about these, all mine are IDE to USB.
     
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    Iceman0124, Oct 31, 2006
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