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    Dell 710m hard drive question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Kihon, May 29, 2009.

  1. Kihon

    Kihon Newbie

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    I have one of these laptops here. Works very well running at 2ghz with 4 gigs of ram. I want to upgrade the HDD. I took off the cover of the HDD and it says 5400 ATA/IDE drive.

    Question is this: Can I install a SATA II or an SATA drive? If not what kind of drive can I use?

    How about this one

    Or this one

    Thanks for your time.
     
    Kihon, May 29, 2009
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  2. richierich

    richierich Notebook Consultant

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    No you can only install a PATA/IDE drive
     
    richierich, May 30, 2009
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  3. wodstock

    wodstock Notebook Evangelist

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    yep, ide/pata only.
     
    wodstock, May 31, 2009
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  4. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Are you sure you have 4 GB of RAM? As far as I know, that computer's chipset only supports up to 2GB.
    If you do have that computer, you can upgrade to any of these drives, however, I would recommend this one.
     
    namaiki, Jun 3, 2009
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