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    Samsung R70 Hybrid Drive

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by NBReview, Nov 12, 2007.

  1. NBReview

    NBReview Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, how do I check I have a hybrid drive in my system?

    I am checking my device manager and under disk drives it states FUJITSU MHW2160BH PL ATA Device.

    It doesn't seem to be a hybrid drive?!?! Can anyone confirm how I check? I am scared the salesperson told me a lie!
     
    NBReview, Nov 12, 2007
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Hybrid drives are conventional hard drives working in unison with on-board flash memory; but the hard drive still uses an ATA interface to transfer data. You can always check by opening up the HDD compartment.
     
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  3. John Ratsey

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    As far as I know, Samsung have not offered a hybrid HDD with the R70. See here for details of the Samsung HDDs. In reality this first generation of hybrid HDDs has not provided big benefits, perhaps because of limited on-board RAM, so you are not missing much.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Nov 13, 2007
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  4. NBReview

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    thanks guys, i understand but i paid more for this "fact" from the salesperson...
     
    NBReview, Nov 13, 2007
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    i have a R70 seems to be the highest version compared with most of the ones i see in the site anyway i'm from hong kong and here only the ones with T7500 have hybrid drives its a samsung HM16HJI
     
    gizmic, Dec 29, 2007
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  6. John Ratsey

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    Interesting re the hybrid HDD in the Hong Kong R70. The UK R70s have a lower spec (eg only 8400M GS) and are now overpriced for the offered spec. They were very good value when they came out but 6 months is a long time in the computer market.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Dec 30, 2007
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