Inspiron 8000 w/7200 rpm drive?

Want to upgrade an Inspiron 8000 with a new hard drive. Is there any
reason a Hitachi 2.5" ATA 100 drive that runs at 7200rpm would not
work? Have the latest BIOS installed.

On Jul 9, 11:44 am, Albert <alb...@netmation.com> wrote:
> Want to upgrade an Inspiron 8000 with a new hard drive. Is there any
> reason a Hitachi 2.5" ATA 100 drive that runs at 7200rpm would not
> work? Have the latest BIOS installed.

Should work fine. Are you implying that you tried the drive and it
doesn't work, or are you considering purchasing the new drive?

> Should work fine. Are you implying that you tried the drive and it
> doesn't work, or are you considering purchasing the new drive?

Thanks. No I was going to purchase one and was curious if there would
be any reason the Inspiron 8000 could not handle a 7200rpm drive (i.e.
drive controller limitation).

"Albert" <> skrev i en meddelelse
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>> Should work fine. Are you implying that you tried the drive and it
>> doesn't work, or are you considering purchasing the new drive?
>
> Thanks. No I was going to purchase one and was curious if there would
> be any reason the Inspiron 8000 could not handle a 7200rpm drive (i.e.
> drive controller limitation).
>

Such a 7 year old laptop can be expected to have a drive capacity limitation.
If you buy a 160GB it will work, but you will only be able to use about 127GB.

On Jul 10, 2:04 pm, "Preben Q" <nos...@se.kd> wrote:
> "Albert" <alb...@netmation.com> skrev i en meddelelsenews:1184091635.363131.209620@m37g2000pr h.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> Should work fine. Are you implying that you tried the drive and it
> >> doesn't work, or are you considering purchasing the new drive?
>
> > Thanks. No I was going to purchase one and was curious if there would
> > be any reason the Inspiron 8000 could not handle a 7200rpm drive (i.e.
> > drive controller limitation).
>
> Such a 7 year old laptop can be expected to have a drive capacity limitation.
> If you buy a 160GB it will work, but you will only be able to use about 127GB.

There are ways around this limitation. (if you have one). As the 48bit
lba limit is a common thing to be fixed in bios updates.

http://www.48bitlba.com/index.htm

"Albert" <> wrote in message
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>> Should work fine. Are you implying that you tried the drive and it
>> doesn't work, or are you considering purchasing the new drive?
>
> Thanks. No I was going to purchase one and was curious if there would
> be any reason the Inspiron 8000 could not handle a 7200rpm drive (i.e.
> drive controller limitation).
>
I have TWO of them in my Inspiron 8200...works great. Make sure you buy the
PATA version as it also exists in SATA version.