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    R40 HD Replacement Suggestions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bamafamily, Feb 4, 2007.

  1. bamafamily

    bamafamily Newbie

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    Good morning all,

    1st time poster!! :)
    A friend of mine has a 4yr old R40 (dont have the exact specs in front of me).
    Recently the hard drive started going out...(IC25N040ATMR04-0)40GB Travelstar
    I was able to back up all the critical info to an external USB drive.
    He is still using it although with a thumbdrive as his file repository

    I have a couple of questions:
    Can I replace it with a normal 2.5" ATA drive??
    Can I move up to a 5400RPM drive w/o losing too much battery life?
    What is a good brand HD in "notebook world" as well as a reputable vendor??

    thanks for all the help
    bama
     
    bamafamily, Feb 4, 2007
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    Zero The Random Guy

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    The hard disk should be a 2.5" disk, and it has an IDE interface. Any ATA-6 drive should be fine, and a 5400 RPM should be fine. Newver drives consume very little power, and it shouldn't affect battery runtime either. However, before upgrading, just take the drive out and check the details/sizes compred to the 2.5" hard disks on the market, so that you can go ahead and upgrade.
     
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    bamafamily Newbie

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    Thanks for the info on the 5400 power consumption..
    Any suggestions on a make/model for a fast reliable 40GB-60GB drive??

    thx
    b
     
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    Zero The Random Guy

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    Seagate and Hitachi are both very good brands, and I would consider on of them. Fujitsu drives are also quite good, but thier more quiet, than most other drives running at the same spin rate. Western Digital is also quite a a good brand.
     
    Zero, Feb 4, 2007
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