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    mx6436 hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by oldwrinkles, Aug 5, 2011.

  1. oldwrinkles

    oldwrinkles Newbie

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    I bought a Gateway MX6436 new and it has been very dependable for me,although I have had several puzzling problems which have led me to spend lots of time searching the web. I hope that being in this forum might make it easier for me. I just installed a 1000 MB memory module and the speed increase was dramatic. So that was a pleasant success. Now I want ti upgrade my 80 GB hard drive,but I can.t find information about how large a hard drive I can install. I have read about BIOS limiting the size and all of that,none of which I understand. And the Gateway support website doesn't have the information,at least that I can find. Can someone tell me where I could look for this information. I figure it would probably be safe to install a 160 GB hard drive but a 320 GB would be better if this model will support that. Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    oldwrinkles, Aug 5, 2011
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    qhn Notebook User

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    I would not put anything larger than 120GB drive in this comp - system constraint more than anything else. Go with a 7200rpm if you can - this will help

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Aug 14, 2011
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