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    seagate 7200.4 500gb compatibility

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jbear, Jun 27, 2009.

  1. jbear

    jbear Newbie

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    Is there a site that will tell me whether I can install the seagate momentous 7200.4 at 500gb in my new (albeit lower end) Gateway MD2614u (upgraded to 4GB of pc6400 RAM). Is there a compatibility list, or a way to know whether it will work if I install the drive. It currently runs a 250GB 5400 RPM drive, so the upgrade would be nice if it is possible.
    Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just don't want to spend the money and have something useless to me on my hands.
    Thanks in advance for any help,
    John
     
    jbear, Jun 27, 2009
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  2. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    As long as your current HD has SATA interface, you should be able to install Seagate with your laptop.
     
    hendra, Jun 27, 2009
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  3. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    no problems, you can run 4GB memory, 500GB HDD will be no problem.
     
    goofball, Jun 27, 2009
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  4. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    There is no relationship between the RAM size and the HDD capacity. You can have a 500GB HDD with 64MB RAM too. No need to worry.

    Make sure that your laptop uses SATA interface (not PATA/IDE) for the hard drive. That's all..


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    ramgen, Jun 27, 2009
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  5. LaptopGun

    LaptopGun Notebook Evangelist

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    2 things to make sure of:

    1. (As correctly stated above) Make sure it is SATA interface and not PATA/IDE or ZIF.
    2 Make sure the hard drive slot is 2.5 (standard laptop drives are 2.5 inches) and not 1.8 inches (some ultraportables or small/thin ones)
     
    LaptopGun, Jun 27, 2009
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