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    Can an IDE laptop be converted to SATA?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by yourrealdad, Sep 26, 2006.

  1. yourrealdad

    yourrealdad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not something I am looking to do right away but I would like to upgrade my HD. I have a HP8339 with dual 100G 5400rpm IDE drives and I was wondering if it was possible to switch to SATA? I read on another forum that there is not much of a difference between the two when it comes to notebooks. If I can not upgrade is it worth buying 7200rpm IDE drives? Will I see a huge diference in speed?
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    yourrealdad, Sep 26, 2006
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    No, HD interface is integrated on motherboard. You can't change anything. ATA and SATA on laptop are not that different. Besides, ATA is much cheaper now.
     
    rockharder, Sep 26, 2006
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    No, you can't switch it to SATA. You'd basically have to replace your motherboard. Can you plug a USB cable into an ethernet port and expect it to work? Can you replace your built-in ethernet port? Even harder to do so with a hard drive interface.

    That said, they're pretty much negligible difference in speed. A 7200RPM IDE drive will perform almost identically to a 7200RPM SATA drive.
     
    Pitabred, Sep 26, 2006
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    Going from a 5,400 to a 7,200 rpm drive should give you a good performance increase though.
     
    l33t_c0w, Sep 26, 2006
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    Going with a faster drive and possibly more cache will help too.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 26, 2006
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