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    hard drive upgrade compatibility

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by grrarrgh, May 10, 2005.

  1. grrarrgh

    grrarrgh Newbie

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    Hi,

    Say I know the chipset (ATA-100) and size (2.5 inches) of my current laptop hard drive. As long as I purchase a replacement hard drive that meets those criteria, what else could possibly go wrong, or would I be set?

    (for what it is worth, I'd be upgrading my dell latitude x300)

    thanks!


     
    grrarrgh, May 10, 2005
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  2. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    All notebook drives are compatible with each other. as long as your bios supports large drives (above 8GB, I think), and your current drive is of the newer generation (newer, as in have been around for almost 4 years) with 9mm hieght (not 12.5mm).

    Very few notebooks use the smaller 1.8" drives. (you see that only in very thin and light laptops).

    I have no idea about the specs of your dell to assure you that what is available on the market will work for you.

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  3. Brent212

    Brent212 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the Dell 700m use a 2.5" drive?

    Is there any reason why I wouldn't be able to upgrade it to a 5400 rpm 120 GB drive, once I find one (or when they become more common)?
     
    Brent212, May 12, 2005
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Yes, the 700m uses a 2.5" hard drive. Only very small ultraportables use 1.8 hard drive as qwester said like the IBM x40, Dell x1 or the sony T series.






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