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    hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jigger131, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. jigger131

    jigger131 Newbie

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    does anyone know where the hell the hard drive is on acer aspire 5010, cant seem to find any info on the net with regards to replacing the hard drive, can any one assist.

    cheers
     
    jigger131, Sep 21, 2007
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  2. Thaoster

    Thaoster Notebook Consultant

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    Hard drives can be found either on the bottom of the laptop OR underneath the keyboard, or a caddy from the front. If all else fails, it's under the keyboard.
     
    Thaoster, Sep 21, 2007
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    Take out the battery at the front of the unit; the hard drive is tucked away behind there :)
     
    Hairy_Lee, Sep 22, 2007
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    cheers, will give it a bash
     
    jigger131, Sep 22, 2007
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    anthony99 Notebook Consultant

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    anthony99, Sep 22, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    bigspin, Sep 22, 2007
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    Is it straightforward to upgrade the hard drive on an Acer 5050 to a Hitachi 7K200? I was looking at that too, but was unsure about the interface being compatible. Slightly off topic, how much RAM is it worth putting in an Acer 5050 - can the CPUs actually use 4GB, or are their caches too small?
    Thanks for any info
     
    thoughto, Oct 1, 2007
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    mine seems to be fine now bigspin

    just ordered that hitachi hdd today should get it tomorrow or thurs

    and i will be running a few benchmarks
     
    anthony99, Oct 2, 2007
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  9. bigspin

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    Cool..It's nice to hear that your system is fine :D

    update us with some benchs :)
     
    bigspin, Oct 2, 2007
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    I've learned by surfin a few sites, that Windows Vista 32bit will not be able to utilize all 4GB or RAM should you install it. I've read Vista 32bit can use a maximum of 2.x - 3.6GB... the rest of the memory it cannot address.

    Hope that helps. I've got the Aspire 9410-4872, and it only supports a maximum of 2GB of memory. I installed two 1GB dimms and it's more than sufficient for my needs!

    Hope that helps!
     
    SkyYYZ, Oct 2, 2007
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    what programs are good to benchmark the hard drive bigspin

    any ideas!
     
    anthony99, Oct 2, 2007
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  12. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    HD Tune

    HD Tech
     
    bigspin, Oct 2, 2007
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