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    DV1000 HD change

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Endurance, May 28, 2006.

  1. Endurance

    Endurance Notebook Geek

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    I have a DV1580 with the Stock 100Gb 4200 HD and also a external case with a hitachi Travelstar 100Gb 5500 rpm

    Will be a significant boost in performance to put the 5400 hd on the laptop?


    Thanks



    Endurance
     
    Endurance, May 28, 2006
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  2. Shel

    Shel Notebook Evangelist

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    From what I've heard, a 5400 rpm hard drive will be noticalby faster on your dv1000 then a 4200 rpm drive.

    If it isn't that hard to switch 'em, why don't you give it a try? (I have a 100 GB 5400 drive on my dv1000t, and the computer is blazingly fast... but I also have duo core 1.83Ghz)

    Good luck, let us know what happens...
     
    Shel, May 28, 2006
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  3. Endurance

    Endurance Notebook Geek

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    I'll probably try it next week.

    Curretly I see the HD LED on for too mutch time. The machine seems to be always waiting for HD information, even with 1Gb of RAM.

    The Duo 1.83 is just a little bit faster than the 1.73 solo :))))


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    Endurance, May 29, 2006
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  4. NumLock

    NumLock Notebook Evangelist

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    So if it were a 7200rpm drive it would be in superman's speed? :D
     
    NumLock, May 29, 2006
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    flxrms Notebook Enthusiast

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    The switch from 4200rpm and 5400rpm will speed up your boot and response time will be much much better. I added 1gig memory and 80gig 5400rpm for my v4000 and its really soooo good...
     
    flxrms, May 30, 2006
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