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    SATA or ATA-7?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by manatou, Jun 3, 2009.

  1. manatou

    manatou Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm wanting to upgrade the hdd in my laptop (sony vaio fz150e), and just pulled out the current one to check what it was, assuming it was a sata one. Now I'm not so sure, can anyone help me out. Here is a picture of the connection on the drive and the laptop:

    http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6958/img0898e.jpg
    http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/2531/img0896x.jpg

    The laptop connects to the pins on the left part of the drive, not the 4 on the right.

    It's a toshiba MK1637GSX, http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/2.5-inchHardDiskDrives/MK1637GSXPage
     
    manatou, Jun 3, 2009
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  2. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sata=ATAPI-7
     
    jackluo923, Jun 3, 2009
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  3. trieudoahong

    trieudoahong Notebook Consultant

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    Yes that is a SATA HDD. Go ahead for shopping.
     
    trieudoahong, Jun 3, 2009
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  4. manatou

    manatou Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ahh thank you so much for the quick replies.
     
    manatou, Jun 3, 2009
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Good drives to look at are the

    Hitachi 5K500.B/ WD5000BEVT
    Hitachi 7K320 / WD3200BEKT

    Your laptop uses SATA drives

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jun 3, 2009
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  6. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    This is SATA ( say in this is sparta tone )
     
    Tippey764, Jun 3, 2009
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