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    HP System Information

    Discussion in 'HP' started by vvatclor, Oct 27, 2007.

  1. vvatclor

    vvatclor Notebook Enthusiast

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    when i bought my notebook, on the hp home and home office store, when i customized the notebook i want to purchase it says there 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive , but now when I look at Click Start > Help & Support , then System Information \hardware \ harddrive.. the specification i saw in the Interface column was IDE. should it be SATA and not IDE??

    I got bothered by this.. if i should be seeing a SATA instead of IDE, then i could return this to hp. am i right?
     
    vvatclor, Oct 27, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Questions:

    1) What model of notebook?
    2) Did you reinstall XP?
    3) Did you turn off ACHI or SATA mode in BIOS?

    A laptop that comes with a SATA drive cannot fit an IDE drive within...the two interfaces are physically different. The BIOS can 'emulate' an IDE interface if you have a SATA one...but that is it.
     
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    vvatclor Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi thanks for your immediate reply, this is the original factory setting of hp. i got it last sept 24. i cant find any model # in the service tag sticker, on the hp information it says Product name HP pavilion dv6500t notebook pc OS is windows vista premium, and I haven't seen the bios settings since i got the notebook.
     
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  4. vvatclor

    vvatclor Notebook Enthusiast

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    on my device manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers it has the following items:

    ata channel 0
    ata channel 1
    intel 82801hem/hbm sata ahci controller
    intel ichm8m ultra ata storage controllers - 2850
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You have a SATA drive and a SATA controller as indicated by the bold text. IDE is usually used as a synonym for ATA.
     
    miner, Oct 27, 2007
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    vvatclor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks miner for clarifying
     
    vvatclor, Oct 28, 2007
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