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    Does nw8240 use SATA or PATA primary HDD?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by stumo, Apr 18, 2007.

  1. stumo

    stumo Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, first post here.

    I'm hoping someone can please set me straight, I need to know if the HP/Compaq nw8240 uses a SATA or PATA primary HDD.

    You see I have a nw8240 motherboard that I want to use as a HTPC. I bought it off eBay almost a year ago, and have only recently tried to fire her up. Everything works OK except for the HDD.

    If I plug in a PATA drive I get nothing, no drive spin-up and boot hangs at initial HP/BIOS screen. The primary drive uses a caddy with the same motherboard connection as my nw8000 (which is PATA). What I'm wondering is if the nw8240 actually requires a SATA HDD instead, and hence a different caddy connector?

    Please help

    Cheers
    Stumo.
     
    stumo, Apr 18, 2007
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  2. ismailhassan780

    ismailhassan780 Newbie

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    How much did it cost you to buy this motherboard? I want to buy one for the same model? I need to buy the board only as I have everything intact.
     
    ismailhassan780, Dec 17, 2007
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