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Resolved Need Harddrive For Laptop

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by James Martin, 2010/04/03.

  1. 2010/04/03
    James Martin

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    Hi all,

    Can someone direct me to a 7200 rpm IDE HD for a Dell Latitude Laptop?

    I can't seem to find anything faster than 5200 rpm.


    Thanks.
     
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    SATA or PATA?

    How big?

    Since you've used IDE I'll assume PATA, google throws up these results
     
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    James Martin

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    wildfire

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    Not rare at all, pata drives will be around for a wee while yet ;)

    I'd expect some performance increase but if this is the issue then perhaps other modifications (eg more memory) would be better?
     
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    James Martin

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    I am presuming that 2.5" 7200 rpm IDE (PATA) drives are rare?

    Sorry, I left out the 7200 rpm part. The 5400 rpm IDE laptop drives seem to be plentiful, but finding anything faster is difficult.

    The laptop has a gig of memory, so that should be plentiful for XP Home. I removed quite a bit of fluff software, but the person's laptop was in need of 500 mb of security updates. :eek:
     
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    James Martin

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    Because PATA has died & been replaced by SATA. SATA was introduced in 2001 and has been gaining share since. In 2008, SATA captured more than 98 percent of internal hard disk drive shipments... that should tell you all there is to say ;)
     
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    James Martin

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    Understood, but there are quite a bit of PATA machines still in use. This particular Dell (Latitude D610) was built in 2005, but it uses a PATA connection for the HD.

    I contacted Dell, and they are telling me that the board (Dell Inc. 0D4571) won't accept a 7200 rpm drive. I would like to confirm that, but I can't find the mobo documentation.

    If what they said is true, the owner will have to settle for a 5400 rpm drive, and I see that they are plentiful.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    7200 rpm drives will produce more heat and **** more life out of the battery faster.
     
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    James Martin

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    Yeah, I thought about the heat issue too.

    But does it make sense what the Dell rep said? 7200 rpm 2.5" SATA drives generate the same amount don't they?
     
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    Arie

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    Yes, it does make perfect sense what Dell says: That notebook wasn't designed to cope with the extra heat generated by the 7200 rpm drive.

    And no, a 5400rpm drive runs much cooler!
     
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    James Martin

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    OK, I'll recommend a 5400 rpm drive.

    I'm betting Hitachi stopped making the Travelstar 7K100 model due to heat related failures.
     
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