Tech question regarding hard drives in xi1546

Sad story first: 1.5 years ago i have bought marvelous Fujitsu n6010. It worked well and all, but two weeks ago my little daughter came into room, while i was away, sat on it and uhm... watered it a bit it was turned on, noone thought about plug it out or remove battery.. so when i came back i saw my dying n6010 Luckily the hard drive and RAM were ok... Now i've just bought xi1546... It seems to me that i have read somewhere that it supports two hard drives, so i bought the cheapest option, with 512 RAM slot and 80GB hd.

A two questions:

1) Is it possible to install my old harddrive from n6010 (100 gb) to my new xi1546, and if yes, are there some perfomance tweaks (raid thing ) which can be done and how to do them if there is any?

2) Will old RAM from n6010 suit into xi1546 slots?

Thank you for help, guys!

 

Well I actually need 2 things to know:

1) Is the harddisk 5400 rpm and 2.5"? I think it is, so it should be no problemo installing it.

2) If your DDR is 533 MHz it will work, if it is 400 MHz it won't work.

Charlie

 

Just done a bit of research, and have ound that the memory the N6010 supports isn't DDR2 specification, so unfortunately, you can't use the older RAM, in the XI. Also, the hard disk is an IDE type, and the XI can only support SATA. Anyway, even if it was SATA, you would need a special kit from Fujitsu that can connect the hard disk to the motherboard. Please correct me if any of the information is incorrect.

 

Seems like Zero is right too bad, still i am goin g to buy new hdd and a bunch of ram, this beauty worth it And RAID thing has come to be very simple to make

 

Bad news again come offline and bought 1gb ram and fujitsu 5400 sata hard drive... opened notebook, first thing - both ram do not work together, anyway, it is not an issue, i just buy another 1gb stick

but with hard drive there was more problems... first, i was quite surprised seeing seegate HD in my fujitsu notebook... but another thing - i just could not find where whould i place second hard drive... i just thought that all xi 1546 are similar, and all can support 2 hard drives...

So the next question is - how to install second hard drive into xi1546 (links to manuals and/or photos are greatly appreciated )

 

Did you get an XI with one 1 GB module, or did it have two 512 Mb modules.

Anyway, the Xi basically uses the same chassis as the Fujitsu M3438G/4438G. Alot has been discused about the second hard drive on these two models. So it should also be compatible with the Xi. But bassically, you will need a second hard drive, and if you require RAID, then that HD needs to be the same model as the one currently installed in your notebook. Otherwise it may not work totally correctly with the current HD. You will also need to buy a second hard drive kit from Fujitsu, or try and buy one from some other place. Kits from the Fujistu M3438G/4438G, Alienware M5700 and M5750, should be compatible with the Xi. I'm not absolutely sure of this, so check before you buy.

The below picture shows an M3438G with a second hard drive.
http://www.argemmios.com/FS/fs10.jpg

If you look at the second HD, on the top right of the picture, you can see the SATA connector, and the caddy. I think tat these make up the HD kit. Also, before you start to dismantle the notebook, make sure you get in touch with Fujitsu and ask them if you can open your notebook, otherwise your warrenty may be voided. Any other questions, just ask.

Edit: It may also be useful to consider a 7200 RPM drive, as they will probably out perform two 5400 RPM drives in RAID 0/1. It may also, weirdly, be cheaper, as Fujistu probablty will charge a bomb for the kit. Theres also the fact that you have to find the same drive as the one currently installed.

 

well, i got 1x512 in notebook, it didn't work with new 1gb stick, so i had to remove it, but that's not a problem...

Reagarding drives - 2 questions:

so i need to buy a hardware hd kit, how much it costs, where to buy? i live in Russia, not in Moscow, can i buy it in some e-shops and got delivered via mail?

2nd - will identical drives from seagate work in raid mode if one of them is 5400 and another one is 7200 rpm?

Thank you zero, your posts really help!

 

If you can contact Fujitsu in Russia, they should be able to supply you with the HD kit. I'm not too sure how much it will cost, but if it outweighs the cost of buying one 7200 RPM, then i wouldn't really bother with RAID. If they can't supply you with a HD kit, then i think the best way to get a hold of one, would be to look for spares from older notebooks, such as the M3438G/4438G. They should be compatible. I'm not really sure what e-shops supply these kits in Russia.

In my eyes, if the price of putting to drives into RAID is more than one 7200 RPM, i would go with the single 7200 RPM. Itsl also easier to upgrade, as all you have to do is simply pull the old HD out, and put the the new in.

I don't think tha one 7200 RPM, and one 5400 RPM in RAID would work properly. You can, however, buy an enclosure pretty cheap these days, and you can use the extra HDin one of those, giving you the combined storage of your current HD, and the new one.

 

You can´t do it because there is no dock to insert it and the ide port isn't anywhere. Yoye can upgrade the cpu to a core 2 duo t7200(i have done it) and it is supposed to be possible to upgrade the videocard, but i don´t think that te cooling system will handle it.