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Dell D430 laptop SATA or IDE?
I have a Latitude D430 with a manufacture date of 4/11/08. I found out after purchasing it that it does not have a normal 2.5" HDD, but rather a 1.8" 4200RPM drive. But, can someone tell me if this is SATA or IDE? Also, can I purchase a 160GB 5400RPM drive off ebay and use it in this system? If so, how hard would it be to change the hard drive?
TIA,
Larry
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November 16th, 2010 03:00
They are 1.8" ZIF EIDE dirves. Be VERY careful - there are multiple types of connector on these drives, and ONLY the ZIF connector type will work. The SATA drive will not work.
The hard drive is accessed this way:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd430/en/SM/hddrive.htm#wp1127614