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July 19th, 2012 04:00
Vostro 220s Upgrade tips
please help i want to upgrade my video card and hdd too.
i want the to add 1tb would it be possible?
and about the video card what should be a good card that will not come up with compatibility issues
please feed me with advices :)
RobinBredin
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July 19th, 2012 06:00
Your system takes the SATA HD, just make sure you have the latest BIOS, and have all the updates. As for your Graphics card, you have a slim line system, so you will need a low profile graphics card HERE.
osprey4
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July 19th, 2012 06:00
Hi moonrays00,
There is no problem upgrading to a 1TB drive on your system.
For video cards, tell me what you use your computer for, for example, what kinds of games do you play?
rdunnill
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July 19th, 2012 09:00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102958
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151090
rdunnill
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July 20th, 2012 10:00
If you want to play Crysis, you'll definitely need the most powerful card you can get, and that's probably the Sapphire in the link I provided. I think it would be prudent to update the power supply as well, using the Seasonic TFX in the link I provided.
rdunnill
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July 21st, 2012 01:00
It's the most powerful I can think of that's currently available. There was a 5750-based card on the market for a short while, but it's no longer available and it requires a 400-watt power supply.
Any 3.5-inch SATA hard drive will work in the 220s. Do make sure you have a set of the special shoulder screws used to mount it -- sometimes there's a set taped to the front of the chassis on the inside of the bezel.
moonrays00
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July 20th, 2012 09:00
what hdd should i choose? specific brand/model
it should achieve in playing the latest games today or if not crysis/COD/left 4 dead. maybe? :)
and can withstand on watching cool movies too :)
moonrays00
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July 20th, 2012 23:00
is that the only powerful card and stable card?
are all vostro 220s motherboard the same?
and how bout the hdd?
how many hdd can the vostro 220s carry?
rdunnill
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July 21st, 2012 01:00
The 220s has room for two hard drives; the motherboard has several SATA posts, more than enough for two hard drives and an optical drive.
I am not sure if the 220s had different motherboards available, but unless you're changing the CPU from a dual core to a quad core, that won't matter.
moonrays00
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July 21st, 2012 01:00
how many HDD can the vostro 220s carry?
are all vostro 220s motherboard the same?
moonrays00
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July 21st, 2012 03:00
im looking forward to change processor but not today :3
rdunnill
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October 23rd, 2013 20:00
As a 220s owner, this sounds like a power supply or motherboard issue. The first item I'd test is the power supply, but the only easy way to do this is to swap in a known good working unit like the Seasonic 300-watt TFX.
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October 23rd, 2013 20:00
I am having a lot of problems upgrading the hd to 1tb. I have a Dell Vostro 220s wVista. It had a Seagate 250Gb hd failed (would not read). I installed a new WD 1Tb black hd. Upon inserting Dell reinstall disk, got gray screen with very intermittent hd activity light (let it run for 24hrs, no change). I tried Dell Driver disk and got got a code 0F00:1332 on multiple blockes (Interupt request IRQ ot sent in time)(Confidence test).
Then, I changed to a MS 7 Pro OEM and got through setup and into where to install windows Tried to install, but I got “Failed to format the selected partition Error 0X80070057.” I deleted all partitions and created new one, with the same error. Any suggestions/help.