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    Hard Drive upgrade question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tim Piroli, Aug 31, 2008.

  1. Tim Piroli

    Tim Piroli Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an Asus F3JP that has a stock 120GB SATA150 HD in it that is nearing capacity. So my question is can I replace it with a SATA300 HD? I did a search and came up with nothing on the forum. Thanks for the help.

    TIM
     
    Tim Piroli, Aug 31, 2008
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    Yes.
    What else?
     
    powerpack, Aug 31, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Yes you can increase the capacity, but it will still run on SATA1 bandwidth (SATA150) not SATA2 (300)
     
    flipfire, Aug 31, 2008
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    Tim Piroli Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thats fine will there be any speed jumpers that I will need to mess with or will it just figure it out and run at SATA 150 speed automatically? And what manufactures would everyone recommend?

    TIM
     
    Tim Piroli, Aug 31, 2008
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    Hitachi, maybe WD.
     
    powerpack, Sep 1, 2008
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  6. Phil

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    It will figure it out automatically. And no drive will be limited by SATA 150.

    It depends what you're looking for. Uncompromised speed, silence, battery life, coolness or a mix?

    There's some suggestion in the link in my sig.
     
    Phil, Sep 1, 2008
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