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August 23rd, 2006 17:00
Second HD for e510
Looking at SATAs for sale on the Dell site, some seem to be model-specific. Are they in fact?
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Posted August 23rd, 2006 22:00
BillCondieYou can use any 7200rpm SATA hard drive and you don't have to buy from Dell, shop the online vendors, likeTry to buy either a Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung or Hitachi. Maxtor is not a good buy at this time, due to high failure rates. Check the lenght of the warranty, there's one to five years on hard drives.The E520/5150 SATA controller is SATA150. [1] a SATA 300 [2] will be fine, as it's backwards compatible.Bev.BillCondie
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Posted August 24th, 2006 03:00
Thanks, Bev.We're getting there :-)shesagordie
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Posted August 24th, 2006 17:00
BillCondie:smileyhappy:Bev.- hard drives from dell are extremely expensive compared to other sites... goes for about peripherala for pcs frm dell lol except whole pcs
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Posted August 25th, 2006 11:00
I'd thought so till I started shopping. This ain't bad from Dell:160 GB 7200 RPM DiamondMax 10 Serial ATA Hard Drive RoHS Compliant $72.99not a genius
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Posted August 25th, 2006 18:00
I just picked up a 320 GB at Newegg for $95 shipped, I got a Seagate which I prefer, they are quiet and reliable (5yr warranty too0. They have some good deals on the new Western Digital you might want to check out, I saw some 250 GB's for less that what you showed from Dell.BillCondie
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Posted August 25th, 2006 18:00
I blew it :-(BillCondie
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Posted August 28th, 2006 18:00
I got the drive from Dell today. No data cable. They are sending me one. (I have one laying aroaund, but it doesn't have the L-shaped ending to fit in this tight box and put the side back on)
In the BIOS to enable it, I see that the original Seagate has a LinkSpeed of 3 Gbps and the new one, a Maxtor, ugh, has 1.5Gbps
LinkSpeed is a new one on me. Have I got the wrong drive?
What's it mean?shesagordie
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Posted August 28th, 2006 18:00
BillCondieIt makes no difference, because both the exsisting SATA 300 and the new SATA 150 will run at the 150 speed.As both SATA 150 and 300 drive models are 7200 rpm, this will limit them to a practical maximum speed, in the 60-65 MBps range.Sorry to say, but as the new hard drive is a Maxtor, as far as I'm concerned, it's the wrong drive.
Bev.
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Posted August 23rd, 2006 21:00
. . . while on the subject:
The e510 is SATA 1?
Will a SATA2 work at lower speed?