DV9000Z Replacement Hard Drive

I bought a DV9000Z in February 2007. I bought it with the SATA 5400 RPM 100GB Hard Drive.

Would like to upgrade to a 7200 RPM drive. I assume the laptop supports it since they do sell them with this option.

I know I need the bracket/kit if I want to put the old drive as the second drive.

Questions:

1. What brand/model number would you recommend for this laptop? I'd like to get a 100GB or larger.

2. It says SATA is the current drive, so I guess I just need a drive that says SATA?

3. Any issues with primary drive being the 7200 and the second drive being a 5400?

Thanks!

 

1. You only have two choices, Seagate and Hitachi. They are my two favorite HD brands.

2. Yes.

3. No.

 

I have a few questions too.

1. The second hard drive does not have to be SATA, right?

2. If I replace the main drive with a non-SATA drive, would it work if I disable the SATA thing in the bios.

Thanks.

 

I don't have a 9000 but I have a 6000 and I would probably venture a pretty reliable guess that you can only put a SATA drive into the 2000, 6000, and 9000 notebooks. So:

1. No, must use SATA drive
2. No, see above.

I'm about 99.9% positive this is the way it is but I haven't cracked open the hard drive cover on my laptop.

Can anyone confirm this?

Matt

 

the drives you need MUST be SATA, period

the connectors are very different so anything else just wont work

only issue you will have is heat as 7200rpm drives run hotter but as long as you keep it ventilated this wont be an issue

 

I am going to email HP a question, but maybe you'll know. I bought my dv9000z in November 2006. It died a painful death in January and after much fighting with HP (another long story), they agreed to send me a new machine.

On the old DV9000Z they said it could NOT support the 7200 drive, and in fact it was not an option at that time when I ordered it.

I called them in December when I noticed they started sellign it with the 7200 drive as an option but they told me that the motherboard and cooling was newer and that only the "new" dv9000z's could support the 7200 rpm drive.

anyone heard this? I'll post thier reply.

 

so you think perhaps one of these two:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146226

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146053R

 

I cant see how a motherboard cannot support 7200rpms, it is a spec that is outside any compatibility issues. If it was the capacity of the hard drive then sure but once again i think HP support are talkin outta their rear ends again!

I would get the seagate cuz of its long warranty benefits. you could check reviews on them to see which is better

 

They said that because it was not an option, which means they have no real idea.

As for the answer to your question, I put a 7200rpm drive in a Compaq R4000 and it worked wonderfully. 7200rpm notebook drives did not even exist when the R4000 launched (and that unit was two generations older than your dv9000).

 

Thanks for the replies and all the info. I called HP last night and at first they said it can't support 7200, then he emailed me the list of drives they sell for it and one was the 7200 rpm drive. I called back, and they said it does support it. Obviously, they are clueless.

So any other recommendations on the drive? I have a seagate 100GB in another laptop works great. I heard hitachi was better though?

 

From HP:

Bruce,

Thank you for writing back.

I would like to inform you that you can go ahead and purchase the Hard drive with 7200rpm and install along with 5400rpm hard drive and Our intent is to have our customers satisfied with our products and support.