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    EIDE Hard Drive Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by oldjarhead, Nov 3, 2006.

  1. oldjarhead

    oldjarhead Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi!

    I have a Dell Latitude D820. It has an EIDE 40 gb Hard Drive. I'd like to get a larger and, if possible, faster Hard drive for it.

    Do I have to replace it with an EIDE HDD? If so, where can I find a 7200 rpm EIDE?

    What other options are there?

    Thanks for your help!
     
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    oldjarhead Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, ajfink.

    I've owned a bunch of laptops over the years, but I have only recently started to pay attention to the innards.

    Are you saying that EIDE is the same as IDE?
    Is ATA-6 the same as EIDE?

    Thanks a lot for your help. I really appreciate it!
     
    oldjarhead, Nov 5, 2006
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    IDE is the same as ATA, but dont get SATA, thats different.

    JC
     
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    oldjarhead Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's a refurb, if that makes a difference. I have noticed that some of the D820's in the outlet are listed as having a "EIDA SATA 5400 rpm hard drive."

    Heres the list of the computer specs:

    Latitude D820 notebook: Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 (2.33GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core
    Certified Refurbished
    AOL 9.0 ISP Software
    6 Cell Primary Battery
    90W AC Adapter
    Resource CD
    256MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M TurboCache
    15.4 in WXGA Notebook Screen
    Support Software
    40 GB EIDE Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
    No Floppy Drive
    AOL Software Documentation
    AOL ISP Software
    Operating System CD
    Labeling
    24X CD RW/DVD Combo Drive
    Genuine Windows XP Home
    McAfee Security Center with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-months
    1390 Wireless Card
    Labeling
    Keyboard On Notebook
    2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHz (2 DIMMs)
    Service Software
    Power DVD Software
    Adobe Acrobate 6.0 Elements

    I appreciate the help!
     
    oldjarhead, Nov 5, 2006
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