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    old fujitsu C series 7651, replace hard disk with new SATA , possible? easy?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by NBRreader, Jul 26, 2009.

  1. NBRreader

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    Hi,
    I have an old fujitsu C-series C7651 laptop. I recently bought a new hard drive to replace ps3 hard disk. Now I'm thinking that I don't play games that often and the linux that I installed on ps3 is sluggish so maybe if I can use this hard disk in my old laptop then that will give new life to the laptop.

    laptop:
    http://www.fujitsu.ca/pdf/notebooks/lifebook/c/c7661_7651_6651.pdf

    New hard drive already bought (currently using in PS3):
    http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=32346&vpn=ST9320421AS&manufacture=Seagate
    Seagate Momentus 7200.3 320GB 2.5IN SATA 7200RPM 16MB Notebook Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR Warranty
     
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    The C7651 uses a PATA 2.5" HDD. Means you can't fit a SATA HDD unless use (2) below. Options then are:

    1/ 2.5" IDE HDDs are available, the fastest being: 160GB HM160HC, 250GB WD2500BEVE, 320GB WD3200BEVE . Currently limited to 160GB-per-platter density. Search on ebay.

    2/ If have a 9.5/12.5mm removal optical drive, can install faster SATA HDDs as per DIY: Adding SSD or HDD storage using an optical bay caddy. Note: faster performance offered by 250GB-per-platter SATA HDDs but negated by additional 0.8W-1W power overhead used by sata-to-pata bridge. It has a UDMA5/ATA100 capable chipset, so you could effectively get up to l ~87MB/s transfer rates.

    3/ There are 2.5" SATA-to-PATA converters ike this but likely there is not enough room to accomodate them. More useful in desktop systems.

    If looking at > 130GB capacity, ensure your bios can do LBA translation to address > 130GB.
     
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    Take a look at this link from Newegg. I'm running this in my IDE drive laptop. Good performance. You can also get it in 250 or 320 GB versions.
     
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    Thanks nando4. Looks like I won't be able to do it comfortably. The bios is really old Phoenix bios (doesn't allow me to set USB-drive in boot from list). I posted here just to see if it was easy to do it then I can try using the new hard disk in laptop.
     
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