Harddrive Mfrs use 1 billion bytes as a gigabyte, 10 to the ninth power; BUT a Gigabyte more correctly is 2 to the 30th power or 1.0737billion bytes. Divide 60 by 1.0737 and 55.8 gb is the result
I'm guessing my Dell's only got a 1.0 USB speed, but if I was to put a USB 2.0 hub in that, would the USB hub ports still be 2.0 even though it's running through a USB 1.0? Ive been assuming that it will just be 1.0.
Also it looks like I have two spare slots next to my hard drive. Can you suggest anything i can put in there at all?
Cool, with regards to compatibility with PCMCIA cards and my C600, would all types fit mine. Shall I look for anything in particular when looking for a card?
I never have used either, so I am in no position to give advice. I know they are for sale on Ebay, but that's about it. Perhaps someone else will chime in; if not, start a fresh thread on the subject, perhaps in one of the boards closer to the Modem and LAN cards genre
I had a PC133 SDRAM that wouldn't allow my Fujitsu to boot, so I swapped it in my C600.
There is now 512MB total from one Dell PC100 DIMM and one PC133 DIMM. It works without a problem, clearly there is some risk for us.
Now, I was wondering if the ATA100 interface drive will work with a C600.
I still want to get a 100 or 120 GB drive and have a newer C840 I could use it in if it failed to work.
Any thoughts on the C600 interface and any experience using big drives on a C600 ?
Your ATA100 harddrive will work on your C600, but the board only supports ATA33, and that is what you will get. Johnallg(Diamond) and I had some discussions on his Inspiron 4000(same boards as the C600) Even with the Registry tweaked to enable ATA100, ATA33 was the best it would do. I am not sure this is true of the C640/Inspiron 4150 or the C610/Inspiron 4100; I have a C610 board at present and will try to find out and report on that one, or perhaps EdC will check in with his experience with his C610.
Possibly a bit late for you, but in case it helps anyone else...
A few months ago, I replaced my C600's original Dell drive with an 80gb Samsung MP0804H. I was purely looking for the extra space, but I was delighted to also get a noticeable speed boost.
BTW, I had a false start with a 100gb Samsung drive (I can't remember it's type, but it was different from the 80gb as that's the max for that particular range). As soon as I powered that up, it asked me for a password. This was deeply puzzling for myself (and the store) as I had had to tear open the disk's bag and so it wasn't a return.
I now see from other posts in the forum that this is a known problem with the C600 for some disks types. Fortunately for me, this was the last 100gb the store had and so I ended up with the 80gb, which worked straight out of the box.
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Hi,
I'm guessing my Dell's only got a 1.0 USB speed, but if I was to put a USB 2.0 hub in that, would the USB hub ports still be 2.0 even though it's running through a USB 1.0? Ive been assuming that it will just be 1.0.
Also it looks like I have two spare slots next to my hard drive. Can you suggest anything i can put in there at all?
Cheers
Gav
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Cool, with regards to compatibility with PCMCIA cards and my C600, would all types fit mine. Shall I look for anything in particular when looking for a card?
Cheers
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There is now 512MB total from one Dell PC100 DIMM and one PC133 DIMM. It works without a problem, clearly there is some risk for us.
Now, I was wondering if the ATA100 interface drive will work with a C600.
I still want to get a 100 or 120 GB drive and have a newer C840 I could use it in if it failed to work.
Any thoughts on the C600 interface and any experience using big drives on a C600 ?
gavindeadman02
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I've upgraded to 512MB RAM too.
ATA100 should be compatible and will work fine.
I've upgraded to a 60GB hard drive in my C600. All works a treat.
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Has anyone managed to get an 80, 100 or 120 GB drive to run in a C600 ?
My current 40 is booting intermittantly, so I need something pretty soon.
I am hoping at least an 80 will work and I am running the latest BIOS.
Thanks
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A few months ago, I replaced my C600's original Dell drive with an 80gb Samsung MP0804H. I was purely looking for the extra space, but I was delighted to also get a noticeable speed boost.
BTW, I had a false start with a 100gb Samsung drive (I can't remember it's type, but it was different from the 80gb as that's the max for that particular range). As soon as I powered that up, it asked me for a password. This was deeply puzzling for myself (and the store) as I had had to tear open the disk's bag and so it wasn't a return.
I now see from other posts in the forum that this is a known problem with the C600 for some disks types. Fortunately for me, this was the last 100gb the store had and so I ended up with the 80gb, which worked straight out of the box.
Regards,
Brian.